Sunday, October 14, 2012

A Present of Presence


A PRESENT OF PRESENCE

To slip my arms around your waist
         and share the quiet joy of watching
         our babies sleep, so peaceful, so innocent,
         so full of promise… and of our love;

To share with you your dreams
         and help you envision a future that will bare
         fulfillment and satisfaction;

To be more of you, to invest all in the hope of
         becoming more deeply intertwined with you,
         to share the same dreams, joys,
         and breathe the same warm fragrance
         as deep contentment envelopes us;

To stand together—enraptured—awed by the vast scope
         of everything, not burdened by time’s trajectory
         because time passed is time closer;

I commit all this,
         to us first, before all else,
                     and breathe deep, savoring all of
                                 The present of our presence.


Written for Jodee, Christmas '06

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