(To Edward)
Thirty years
and we are like
the newlyweds we seemed to be
back then
when hope stretched out across the span
of inexperience
Excitement for the joining
and the journey
fueled those early times
Propelled us through
the doubts and disappointments
In some ways
our love has grown quietly
like the pine beside our front door
from its sapling start to where
it towers above the house
It didn’t happen in one day
but after time
it stood as if it always had been there
Inimitable sign of long duration
In other ways
our life has brought our love
through metamorphosis
The eager feeding of those early years
replaced by quiet inwardness
(though still the growth continued)
Till now
when in these bright monarch days
Our love has re-emerged
its colors shimmering
We feel it flexing
strong brilliant wings to lift us
to new vision.
©Wendy Mulhern
September 25, 2012