Everyday Things
How do I love you?
It is in the daily things
done by my hands
things which need doing
but have purpose
and fulfillment within . . . How do I love you?
Look at the clothes
clean & folded
put way
New sheets upon
the bed we share
My love lives
in every meal
which we take
together, and
each loaf made
by these hands.
How do I love you?
your muscles kneaded
with my strong fingers
pain nurtured away
soothed for you
My love lives
in the lines I write
poesy of you
thought alive
words of truth...
K.E.C. 7/15/99