So this is Love

So this is Love

The years before

adrift…

to not return again.

Burgs of ice,

In a sea of alone

my heart

lost for sure

to wander and wonder.

By my self

each day a stitch

from what could be.

In mornings and at night

alone.

What mattered most

stayed away.

no warmth in that cold

only dark for days,

and my nights, pillows of empty.

Hope, it was there,

always there,

when suns came up

and rain came down.

Where were you?

Did you hope with me?

Wander and wonder?

Where we were

when we weren’t together.

Days between

when we waited

Snows fell and seasons happened.

We lived apart

time ticked

and leaves fell.

Our eyes searched

we waited

wondered, and wandered

Were we out there?

Just separate for a time?

Would the rain make a river?

And the leaves fall

just so.

Would the light find our faces?

Just yours and mine?

Answer me. I asked.

A thousand ways I looked,

never thought I’d ever

over nights, through all those days

my heart always ready

It knew.

Now we know.

You and I we do.

Those years we were without

In thunderstorms of want.

We have,

we need,

us.

So this is love.

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