Write me a poem about being together...
One wonders when to rhyme it with weather
Or whether to say
Weathering the storms altogether
And yet like relationships
The best lines of a poem
Are not made to be a perfect fit
In poetry & life we must aim
For a richer deeper vein
To try to ascertain
The hidden rhythm and rhyme
That connects our lives
Ladies & gentleman
We are gathered here today to see
A brave and near foolhardy thing
Two people’s lives have intersected such
That they are willing
To seek to complete
The imperfect circle
From time to time
They may see eye to eye
On this or that
Yet to uncover the meaning of today
They here agree
To agree to disagree
In the long intervals in-between
I have heard said, and read,
That love is like two trees
Intermingling to become one
That type of poem may do
For the feeble and the young
It appears to me that love
Is much stronger than that
For what tree ever argued with itself?
A better image to imagine would be
Two trees in an orchard contentedly
Separate in space and in time
And knowing they can never be
As one
Leaves fall and summers breeze
The rain & wind
Shakes the boughs
& the trees stay rooted & strong
Gazing at each other through the years
Until at last one winter too many falls
One might say
‘How sad to be those trees
Condemned to be alone’
But we should say happy trees!
You shared so much together
And knew each other better
Than you knew yourselves
It is the space between us
That defines us & our love for each other
The space we allow each other
To breathe & grow
So if you will spend your lives
Trying to be together
Remember
The measure is not how close you are
But how you live with
The distance between you
May you spend your lives
Exploring and guarding
The space around you
Who knows
What may grow
In the ground
Between?
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