Love casts a light on those my eyes behold
and summons all my senses to support
and vivify the image that unfolds
impelling me to love them more and more.
All that I see of them I also feel
in lines of liquid corresponding flow
within me, tracing part for part
his hand, her cheekbone; mine, internal, glow.
They light me up like that – their smiles
send laughing waterfalls cascading
through and through me all the while
chimes of joy keep celebrating.
This reverberation, humming to my core
is what I’m here for: every day’s reward.
©Wendy Mulhern
April 13, 2011