he reaches , she reaches , they stand and embrace , pull each other bone by bone , breath by breath , muscle by muscle onto each other , hugging so hard that they hurt together but do not let go , so deep that there is only dryness , meeting in the desert of their hearts , all his time inside flashing in vivid colors before him , no sense of calendar , no markings of the loss , just deep blues and lightning silvers and dark , dark shades beyond the black of nightthey burst into showers and brilliant sun , pressing cheek to wetted cheek and hes heaving and she rocks with him , she whispers jared !