i embraced him , hard , and together we let out a great sigh , settling with it , his head bending over mine , kissing my hair , my face turned into his shoulder , openmouthed at the neck of his open shirt , our knees slowly giving way in mutual relief , so that we knelt in the fresh-turned earth , clinging together , rooted like a tree , leaf-tossed and multi-limbed but sharing one single solid trunk .