stepping in and stepping closer.

the threshold of this beginning approaches
I shake.
I sometimes wake in a heat that is unnameable.
I sometimes smile from my bones.

each step is tender
and filled with lightning.

today is 2 months backwards from that moment
that we will meet each other for the first time around the circle of
fire and friends, old and new,
enveloped in prayer and song and
love
and we will dance with the smoke and singing
and we will laugh and celebrate
and say yes
i do
to this next step.
to this beautiful adventure.
to this love. to these hearts opened wider than we knew they could be.

and we will say thank you.
for helping us to find each other
and for guiding us to live this love
to it's fullest.