in the most favorable case an uncertain life
it becomes too fraught to permit a shared happiness
sometimes it is enough to simply agree to be together
no matter how far apart
this can grow into a necessary fondness
not through living out duties of devotion
but having chosen to trust the choice so somehow grow
even as we dwindle
my study is to paint
the time that has now gone by in which I haven’t touched a brush
are of no matter
I have the unhappy voice causing disbelief that anything I can create will matter
I try again