It starts
this day
as quietly 
as night
has ended
one bleeds
into next
this time 
it goes 
this time 
it tenderly 
goes between 
us shared
filled with 
talk laughter 
and sleep
just like 
day into 
the night 
and night 
into day 

I like us
the us us
the way that
we are and
what we have 
we’ve both had 
others good bad
and otherwise but 
us just us
is better than 
all those combined 
give me you 
and you can 
always have me 

It’s interesting this 
now that you’ve 
pointed it out 
that I lick
my lips right 
before taking a
sip of coffee 
like I do 
right before I 
too kiss you 
and you’re right 
I was wrong 
to blame you 
for my chapped 
lips because you 
are so kissable 
but you have 
to share some 
of the blame 
with the coffee 

I’m content
I’m happy 
I’m peaceful 
I have 
everything that 
I need 
and most 
of what
I want 
and what 
little is 
now missing 
is unnecessary 
I’ve finally 
hit my
stride no
longer am
I cantering 
I am 
free to 
run to 
the tallest 
peaks and 
deepest valleys 
I have 
found me

Words are
just letters
collected together 
given meaning 
and accepted
much like 
I suppose 
people are
simple little 
things collected
given meaning 
to one 
by one 
or another 
or maybe 
even none 
then what 
is a 
little letter 
to do 
when it
has no 
other to
make it 
a word
such a
lonely life 
this being 
a letter