Rocks Kiss when No One Is Looking

• I suppose you see them everywhere
• rocks that kiss.
• or give the illusion of kissing as the road curves round
• and perceptions shift.
• the rocks move closer together
• as your car approaches,
• till that space
• before you see the rocks touch
• fills with weather,
• fills with your impatience and desire.
• at last the rock lips touch,
• or you believe they must touch,
• but you can’t be sure.
• the road bends
• before you can make out
• and one rock turns a chaste back on you
• to hide the other.
• so since you really didn’t see,
• since perception really isn’t all that matters,
• you can believe whatever you want.
• rocks kiss when no one is looking.