[poem] &

[kaberett]

What joy, this, to learn what others find in you:
to watch people I love adore anew, to take reciprocal
delight as you illuminate each others' facets
too often hidden from my view by busy-fingered fates
and orbital mechanics. Yes: this too
expands the borders & horizons of
my familiar faithful heart. I'm astounded
by how much I can encompass; by how large
I grow. I learn from you.

Without: the patchwork of the comforting dark,
the sheets of rain, stitched firm
with nets of light we've wrapped round trees
as reminder, to help us find our path.
Bubbles, catching street lamps, float like stars.
Look up. You blaze. You, too, are a landmark.

Comments

[liv]

Ooh, but this is gorgeous. Thank you so much for putting it here. (And the first three lines feel very applicable to me, at the moment, which makes me like it even better.)

[kaberett]

I love that poly is also making me look for it in my friendships. :-)

[alexseanchai]

lovememe ♥

[kaberett]

aaaaaaaaah yes of course it does <333

[kaberett]

Explicitly in dialogue with:

• Each From Different Heights, Stephen Dunn
  
• "you're the heroine of someone else's romance" (mine)
  
• Only This (mine)
  
• Love: Beginnings, CK Williams

[davidgillon]

What joy, this <3

[kaberett]

thank you <3

[jesse_the_k]

Some how I'm smiling and tearful at the same time.

[kaberett]

♥ thank you so so much for saying.

[shehasathree]

<333

[kaberett]

♥.

[vass]

I keep rereading this to catch the rain and the street lamps in the dark.

[kaberett]

<333