Can you live without her

in your arms   in your bed   in your life?

Do you burn for her

When your tears turn to ice?

Do you burn for her when she is cranky?

Or absent

by choice?

Does loving her extend beyond

your own extended life?

Do you know her favorite color?  Her best memory?

The name of her last wife?

Is there as much tenderness as fire?

Does she understand

the complex depths

of all your deep desires?

Has she told her children?  Shared it

with her friends?

Are there new beginnings?

Rancid middles?

Discussions of loosening ends?

Do you dream good dreams about her face?

Her height?  Her weight?  Her girth?

Does she judge what car you drive?

Your beliefs?  Your hair?  Your worth?

Is her heart inside your own?

Is it there by choice?

Are you always listening?  Who

has the loudest voice?

Can you sit in silence?

Can you both old space?

Would you give your life for hers

At a three dimensional pace?

There is Love.