The way it came together
5 years later
I found you.
Suddenly,
Abruptly,
A shock to my heart.
And
You found her.
She lights up your eyes.
She lifts your soul
To the heavens
With the swirling rainbows
Of new love.
I returned to my waiting love,
After you left.
I shattered to splinters,
Broken beyond repair,
By you.
And this is how it came together.
He picked up the pieces.
And loved them.
He loved me.
Like you would not.
Even though I was fragmented,
And tormented.
And
So. Utterly. Alone.
But im not so broken
Anymore.
I’m whole, And complete.
Maybe you entered my life
To break me down
To nothing.
To die or rebuild.
I wanted to die so much more,
But he helped me live.
Now I’m strong.
And my love cradles my heart
In his strong hands.
And this is the way it came together.
You with young love.
Radiant, fresh, new.
Redeeming and healing the hole inside you.
And I,
With mature love.
Lamenting grey hairs,
And rickety knees.
And sitting outside,
Watching the kids
Ride scooters,
And play basketball,
They grow up so fast.
And find love themselves.
And he and I.
Spend nights together,
Dancing with words and bodies entwined.
This is gloriously how it came together.
And I?
A whole person.
Finally I know who I am.
I no longer need to ask
Who is Becca?
She’s here and she’s adequate and she’s
Enough.
I found her because of you.
Thank you.
I will find gratitude for you.
And try to forget you.
Because you have
An exquisite union
With her.
And I have a strong capable man,
Who found himself.
Just as I built myself up.
Whole ourselves.
Together.
Two whole spirits twice as bountiful,
As when we were half.
And this is how it came together.
And all is well.
All is well.
