layered
is the tone of this love
natural
ocean deep and eternal
that place where darkness will not go away
sits teaching, not taunting
sometimes we just have to wait
and look to find a way when the light climbs in
the path of holding on and letting go
littered with emotion
flowing with natural force
pace undetermined
another chapter closes
before the page turns left
tomorrow may be unwritten
but it awaits

Williamstown, MA
Photo: i. Perlman