Love is…

Posted on | February 15, 2006 | 18 Comments

In the atmosphere above the sun
the sky is dark and stars whirl.
From there love scatters earthward
arcing the distance between the divine and us,
–and I am drenched with it.

In the way my small boy,
newly walking, curls his fingers
tightly around my hand
and together we cross the room;
or the way my man
cups my face in his hands, still fiercely
with want and tenderness after seven years.

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18 Responses to “Love is…”

  1. tinker
    February 15th, 2006 @ 3:11 am

    Lovely – both the watercolor and the poem. Happy Valentine’s Day

  2. lizardek
    February 15th, 2006 @ 3:27 am

    Whenever I’m feeling even the slightest bit down, I just have to come over here to your journal, to get the perfect pick-me-up.

  3. samantha
    February 15th, 2006 @ 9:40 am

    Now THAT is a Valentine!

  4. Richard
    February 15th, 2006 @ 10:51 am

    You are a special one …

  5. Lu
    February 15th, 2006 @ 11:37 am

    i just love what you had to say. absolutely wonderful.

  6. gkgirl
    February 15th, 2006 @ 12:28 pm

    magic.

    and made me love the word
    arcing
    when i hadn’t really thought about it
    before.

  7. la vie en rose
    February 15th, 2006 @ 3:22 pm

    beautiful!

  8. carla
    February 15th, 2006 @ 3:31 pm

    Joy!

  9. moonface
    February 15th, 2006 @ 6:17 pm

    that was beautiful

  10. Steph.
    February 15th, 2006 @ 6:28 pm

    Simply stunning words. Thanks for sharing that…

  11. amy
    February 15th, 2006 @ 6:33 pm

    this is just lovely … the image is so … moving? i need a more effective word …

  12. Love Squalor
    February 15th, 2006 @ 7:04 pm

    beautiful beautiful beautiful! you have such a way with words!

  13. andrea j
    February 16th, 2006 @ 12:14 am

    lovely words, my friend.

  14. liz elayne
    February 16th, 2006 @ 2:49 am

    this is amazing and beautiful. thank you.

  15. Suse
    February 16th, 2006 @ 7:51 am

    that is joyous …

  16. Maureen
    February 16th, 2006 @ 1:08 pm

    what an amazing, tender poem and painting for a valentine. Your family is lucky, Christina!

  17. mama_tulip
    February 16th, 2006 @ 1:16 pm

    I love this. :)

  18. Marilyn
    February 18th, 2006 @ 2:54 pm

    What a beautiful Valentine…to a beautiful family.

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