Like trapeze artists 
we fall towards each other 
 
our love 
so far above 
 
the disbelieving faces 
 
a sea of masks 
 
All saying: “Oh! ” 
with awe. 
 
Your fingertips 
reaching out 
at the last possible second 
grasp my wrists 
 
and we fly through the air 
with the... (like a fish 
in water) ... greatest of ease. 
 
So real...surreal. 
 
Alone  
in the big top of our longing 
 
high above all others 
 
unaware of all the gasps 
(the melodramatic drum roll)   
 
only our love 
reaching for the next second 
 
knowing that the other is always 
there 
 
only a heartbeat 
 
...away.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/and-now-for-your-delictation-and-delight/