We have been in love so long
we have our own vocabulary;
short cuts to showing what’s in our hearts.
We share our children, our family, our day-to-day
routines and conversations.
There are references no one else could fathom
and memories we hold as secret treasure,
forever full of love and laughter.
We have been in love so long--
we are together, and yet, apart:
he at the library table with maps,
me in my chair with open laptop,
sharing jokes and photos and messages,
exchanging schedules, lists and symptoms
over breakfast, as well as vital decisions
regarding lunch and dinner.
We have lived and laughed so long that
sights and sounds and unedited opinions
meet and meld with all our flaws and virtues--
and through it all, he is me, and I am he:
a single Valentine heart between us.
and if anyone ever asks again that long-ago initial question--
that ceremonial and vital question--
we’ve been in love so long that we both would say
“I do.”
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