Loving Each Other In the Depths of Another Definition

the best rice pilaf ever the present to her my tuna and cheese casserole together, we make the taco salad and the cinnamon rolls, medium icing butterscotch milkshake for me blue bubblegum milkshake for you the james gang is playing on the 8 track player riding shotgun is the voice of steve marriott in my head is some early loverboy turnin' loose so blessed to still be here the pandemic claiming 6 between us, including your Mother i turn all of the music off and i hold you in silence as you finally stop 'being brave' you sing your Mother's favorite song, half crygurgling, but still beautifully 'COME IN FROM THE COLD (COME IN, COME IN)' i think about my own Mother conversing with yours an andrae crouch song creeps from my lips THROUGH IT ALL/OHHH THROUGH IT ALL/I LEARNED TO TRUST IN JESUS/I LEARNED TO TRUST IN GOD' feeling this, you bury your head deeper into my chest loving each other in the depths of another definition we forget completely about the music and the food the rhythm and the nourishment is coming from another place on this night