We eat a piece cheesecake out of a bowl together,
two forks.

A moment ago you were a puppy
and gave me kisses on my cheek.

I was broken today,
I wonder if you knew.

- And I would never burden you with my healing,
that is my own sacred task, my own journey -

But between toothy forkfuls of cheesecake
and puppy kisses,
I forget, for a moment,
the moaning of the howling winds.

Your beaming smile
Reaches the dark cracks inside me
And fills them all with shining gold.

I would never ask you to heal me,
but without trying,
you do.
With your radiant light,
you do.