two bodies
one male one female
he older and spent
experienced and cynical
she younger and bright
unconditionally loving and curious

she rolled over in bed
looked at him with bright eyes
he watched her move
felt her trace his face
with her warm fingers
she smiled at him

"see the stars outside your window?
I want to connect them like dots
to see what picture they reveal"
she said whimsically
and he raised an eyebrow
kissed her forehead
and muttered
"you say the silliest things
you're like a child"

"we're all children"
she laughed

"compared to...?"
he asked skeptically

"the world
the sky
the trees
the mountains
everything"
she listed them off
saying each one with
a dramatic hand gesture

"and who are our parents?"
he asked

"the oceans birthed the land
upon the land there grew plants
from the plants the petals opened up
and people came into this world"

"so who are our parents?"
he asked again

"the high ones"
she answered

"who?"
he questioned

"they lived here long before us
before anything was here
they attended to divine matters
and philosophized
until one day they realized
they were lonely
and they cried.
from their tears the oceans formed
and the water churned and mixed
all the influences
of each god or goddesses'
unique gift.
the water didn't settle
rather it ebbed and flowed
created tides
and then land began to appear"
she explained

"you're making that up as you go along"
he accused

"isn't everybody?"
she laughed

he became quiet
and watched the stars outside his window
twinkle brightly

"what do you see?"
she asked quietly

"the blueprints of this world"
he said, finally
kissing her forehead again
and they curled up together
thinking about the world

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