Whispering Yes

from Out With Lanterns, a daily poetry practice

Mostly love is about noticing
that the refrigerator is bare, 
that she cut her hair, 
that he doesn’t seem to be sleeping well.
It’s about smiling when they walk in the door. 
After a while, love is about repair
because damage will be done.
Love requires us to believe in magic 
to listen to the still and small voice 
whispering which person to leave 
and which to never let go. 
Love is in the laundry and groceries
and what’s that sticky spot on the floor
and walking the dog and making the bed
and returning again and again 
to the voice that whispered Yes.  

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