A life time with another

How to live a life with another

That is fair, that is true, that is

Together and yet beautifully whole

Apart too, that isn't once ceding

To the other but together forms

Something that never was. Being

Able to be intimate through

Conversation, hard conversation,
Conversation that bring up and

Resolves old wounds. Time

Cherished together, savoured,

Succoured, recognised for the

Sacred that it is. Divine in

The spirit that is deployed, the

Ability to see into each other and

Hold each other but not restrain

And forever be true to what

Matters, forever be free to explain

What matters, forever be free

And together, forever.

I want to grow old with you.

I want to grow old, grow

Wise, grow into this soul

That has been bequeathed me

With its lifetimes piled up

And this one, now being lived,

Lived with you