you’ll find it bolsters you both
for that is what ‘partner’ implies
you can of course choose angry
aggrieved by what your all-alone life has supplied
turning your thoughts into a voracious cancer of the soul
short-changing the talents lying dormant in your heart
there is no need to cripple your instincts
unnecessary to leave your mind open to all manner of bad thinking
all it takes is a quarter-turn to climb out of the barrel
take hold of the hand of so many who
matter