love...

here's how it starts
it starts as a warning
a small light broadcast
by a ship far out at sea

here's how it continues
it continues like salvation
at velocity an action
that sets the spirit free

here's how we endure it
we endure it by surrender
by wading through stagnation
while willing it to be

here's how it saves us
it saves us thru connection
by tethering our cargo
to another's by degree

here's why we do it
we do it as it thrills us
and partners our deficiencies
with strengths we do not see

forged and relinquished
made to last and squandered
a gladdening rejoinder
to a universal plea...

Lucy Meskill