TWO WOMEN

What joy
finding you in the world
light outside a dark tent
warmer than a blanket.
Sparkling water in a green wood.
Aeschylus to the teenaged boy;
would I return so
your dazzling art
or the wisdom in your green green eyes
as you smile at some shared and private joy.
The work you devote to love
so easy the success!
I hold you as life and breath,
treat you as free and hot
to make these moments float
these hours of your toil.
Can we laugh, call it all we want
and cry when sadness over takes
always arm in arm, gently
giving ****** to living:
gust to loving:
What joy!

Early 2018
Salvation