by Kelan Putnam

Created on: April 29, 2009   Last Updated: May 26, 2009

LOVE, NOW

what do I love about you

without explanation

you left our marriage

for fifteen months

thousands of divorce lawyer dollars later

you called relentlessly

coming around again

I complied, complicit

what do I love about you now

in the spring of your second year back

in your brown eyes I see black, lonely circles

who is in your mirror staring back

what do I love about you

your lack of insight, an abundance of anger

drama required to slam dooors

on days of disassociation

desperation

what do I love about you

thick silence in the car as we drive

a CD from the sixties plays, the heat is on

where are we going when I am at the wheel

what do I love about you

secrets spilling onto me

the kind that will not wash or dry out

instead they disappear, scared

what do I love about you

as you lick imaginary wounds

your new view of our marriage

impossible to assimilate

what do I love about you

eleven years of blessed memories

delight in the absence of fear

an abundance of laughter

what do I love about you

clocks that suddenly stopped

fourteen years after 'I DO'

the sense it will return

an avalanche of desire

declarations that love

does not die

after a leave of absence

what do I love about you

the finish line

a place where I am speechless

fresh out of feelings

love abides, resides

inside hearts of longing

lives that try

to remain whole

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