Communion

Blas Falconer

They open their mouths

 because the body's hunger speaks

for the spirit. You know this

 by the way they close

their eyes, how they push

 the world away, all that 

light through the window.

 It is unbearable¹ to watch

as watching two people say

 goodbye at the airport is --

almost -- the public display

 of grief², how they hold

each other in

 their private dark, which is

its own silent prayer.