When love says
“this bond is timeless”
as years are measured
out in decades
plus.

weighted by
the bond founded
upon unbreakable
trust.

love says forever
love has no track
of time, a clock watch,
or a calendar

love needs no
reminder for
everyday spent
together.

when love says,
“10, 20, 50 years from
now I will still hold you.”
faithfulness is kept
near.

After all this “time,”
without rhyme, nor reason
with the passage of
each four seasons

I will keep you
close to me,
Love sings-

“I envy the way
your ribcage cradles
your heart.
my hand
your hand
palms pressed
as lovers,
as they never will
part.”
and -

This is,
what
Love Says.