many feelings, many thoughts
came together in a new essence
of the us that is growing
kicking
straining
in this womb
this kiln of fire and art and pain
this loving place
this sacred place of relationship
the committments of these hearts
have been tested by fire and ice
our fragile fears
have shown themselves
given us their fullest force
point blank
in fatally immeasurable pain
and
we have survived
laughed
wept
and,
somehow smiled upon by Universe
[how could this perfection we honor do else?]
we have gone onward
and in these glorious days
that i will never trade for any others
i have seen angels at their best work
embodied in our emergence
and shimmering in our tears
and together
as if painted from the radiant colors of a vast rainbow
we have been beautiful
