a fierce, uncomplicated love...

a fierce, uncomplicated love

fueled first by the intensity
of shared blood and oxygen
and uterine real estate
and then by the added miracles
of profound regard and common joys

(this love is unrivaled–
free from issues of power or sex,
finances or careers)

and now

(as we sit in the ballpark
and eat our soft serve cones
and scream when the ball flies
over the centerfield wall,
stomping our feet with the contagious fervor
of the true fanatics that surround us)

my ribs swell and expand
against the context of my skin
stretched this time to contain
the softest, most ferocious tenderness

reflected in the golden moon of your face
your chin raised for a sticky kiss
your devotion crystallized
in your sturdy arms as you wrap me
in the ecstatic squeeze of camaraderie

knowing and being known
loving and being loved