Stand

Do not believe the lie you're told

that none could ever have and hold

another heart for days beyond

love's first soft blush. Extend each frond

of daily life that grows to bush

without a need for self-served push;

to yield, at times is stronger still

than all demands voiced loud and shrill.

Stand side by side; love heart to heart;

endure with patience days apart

as each arrives, then passes on

beyond the missing pieces. Drawn

as deep on deep from well to cope,

to nourish, heal, confess in hope

that more is offered other's way

than longed for first. And then, just stay.