with frown and furrowed brow
she cried for a few days
then denied the prognosis.
the tiny pill taken religiously
do you notice a difference
I say I notice that my love for you is growing
that I no longer can feel the grudge that was lodged in my sternum
that when I look at you now I am in awe of how precious
you are just like you are
engulfed by the life that’s having it’s way with you,
that somehow, still, always,
weaves into my own.