What do you do
When you fall in Love
All over again?
You've been with him,
Twenty years.
Touched heights of ecstasy,
Together,
And sunk to the depths of despair.
You've been with him,
While separated and apart
Not understanding -
Why & how he's within.
You've been with him,
Thru' the times without.
While he'was changing
To a different he.
And you'ere changing
To a different you.
Time leaves her marks.
It's another he, now.
And another you.
Inexorably drawn together
Yet again,
By some ancient, secret rhythm-
That makes you dance with him.
For him.
Names have not changed;
It seems like,
The same old husband-
And wife,
Making comfortable home & hearth.
And yet.
It's a new Love Story,
That you both are narrating.
Fresh, like the morning dew.
Of hearts in tune -
Learning to sing together,
The many songs of life,
Blending, seasoning...
So, what do you do?
You write a poem,
About falling in Love again,
And the promise
Of being held by it
And holding it.
