By Lindsay Airey (right, on the banks of Nandewine Sippy)
You say
I have a heart
so big
it needs its own moon
to orbit around.
I say
this heart of mine
feels weary
from carrying around
so
much
weight
it often feels like
it will drown me.
You say
what clarity you bring!
What love
and
joy
and
challenge…
How is it possible?
In one being.
I say
I am so tired…
from being one being:
feeling
fire-tending
raging
weeping
feeling it
seeing it
saying it
wiping your tears
building you up
holding you up
digging you out of the pit
with all these
hard-fought
tears, and knowing.