lifesbreath

My love will grow

My love will grow from day to day
                    as quickly as the wind
That gently waved the sheaves
                            of grain yesterday
Blows down the trees tomorrow;
And the sea that sends sailors
           crashing on the rocks,
as easily as it guides them safely home.

I love the sea
but it doesn’t make me less afraid of it.

I love you
but I’m not always sure of
                             who you are
and how you feel.

I’d like to crawl behind your eyes
and see me the way you do
or climb in through your wide mouth
and sit on every word that comes
up through your throat.

Maybe I could be sure then -
maybe I could know then -
As it is - I hide beneath your
         f
           r
             o
              w
                n
                  s
or worry when I talk
too fast or laugh too loud
           always sure a storm
                           has to rise.

1993,02,12
Cathy Mac