The Lovers Golden Hour

This
is the lovers
Golden Hour

the time that proceeds
the initial
attack
of attraction

the time
that will determine
what will become of
this life

this exterior beating life
that exists outside your bodies
separate,
but still your flesh
your blood.

No helicopter flies in,
no camouflaged doctors
apply pressure,
stop profuse bleeding

what will determine
whether this is terminal
is words

bathed in incandescent light

it is the hour before death
and the hour of birth

and it's exquisite splendour
exists
because you cannot yet tell
which it is.