The Peace of Togetherness

Happy Valentine's Day

I have learned about love,

not like in the novels,

or poems strung together with words.

This love is great, it’s real, it’s hard, it’s easy.

It’s necessity, it’s choice, it’s luck, it’s fate.

It’s everything about life:

it’s complications, it’s ease,

it’s acceptance, and tenderness,

And overtired brash words at 5 AM or 10 PM.

(Who am I kidding? Bedtime is before 9.)

Only to come back together,

like the calm of the turquoise waters,

(of the Bahamas)

Heaven on Earth,

Jumping in,

Floating together,

Holding hands,

Wondering what lurks beneath,

But wise enough to enjoy the sun,

the calm, the quiet,

and the peace of togetherness,

while it lasts.

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Wishing a lived kind of love to all. Happy Valentine’s Day.

Love,

Emily