held by love.

it matters.
you were the one that led me to this territory. a year ago, I turned around.
you were the one that led me to this territory. a year later, I'm submerged.

you stand next to me: breathing, striving, crying, reaching for that thing in you and staying in the room.
it matters.
you make way for the downpours and flash floods; when the walls crumble, the rains come.
sometimes, we have to out swim the waves.
sometimes, the undertow takes us.
we always meet up back at the shore. waiting for the other.
it matters.

you see what to celebrate and, you celebrate.
you bring me to the foods that are good for me.
you bring me to the foods that delight me.
you bring me to hands that hold me.
you bring me to hands that heal me.
it matters.

we are dancing to this music, crashing into each other and finding our way,
moving from seamless to toe stepping to seamless
and back
and forth
and back
and forth.
we are dancing to this music.
we are singing to this music.
we are laughing and
we are crying.
but, we are dancing
to this
music.
held by love.
it matters.