Devoted, Choosing To Hold

*** Devoted, Choosing to Hold *** Engaged By your spirit; My heart to yours; my heart’s hoping ~ Choosing, Not that long after we met. Completely to embrace you. And you, Losing your heart to me, choosing To commit yourself to a “hand-full” (in terms of the creative personality as defined by experts**). You, from a southern town; a male; “ minister’s kid;” curious about outer-space; quiet; student; survivor; an admirable man; introvert, but socially generous and well-liked; an engineer; brother of five; fan of blues/jazz; witty; reader; hard-worker; compassionate; empathetic; politically/socially concerned; fond of cats; caregiver. And so, Beloved, I suspect you Took more Into your hands and heart ~ likely More than you could imagine, for I am nearly your opposite: female/ extrovert/ Christian mystic/ poet/ artist/ reader/ talkative/ teacher/ sibling of one/ survivor/ - former - former - politically/socially ballerina/ Cc 1970’s hippie concerned/ quick to sing but not always in tune/ now need 24/7 care due to physical illness/ quick to laugh/ easy to weep/ compassionate/ empathetic/ from densely urban north/ loves dogs. Devoted, Here, loving We live; sharing Our full hearts And this day, Into tomorrow, Giving thanks to Abba For blessings, and for Inspiring this love That holds us so Well together. —————————————————————————————————————— * notes — experts: Will Durant, Colin McGinn, Hildegard of Bingen, Richard Rohr, Fr. Thomas Merton, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, ,Makoto Fujtimmurgay ALSO!……when searching for the FORM for this poem, I looked for “experimental” or “avant-garde” but neither is on the list. . (c) sally young eslinger 10/10/22 Thanks be to God!