We hold hands in and out of the grocery store. We hold hands walking down the street as if to say that we are two parts of a whole. It’s harder to hide from you.
Now that I am with you I see it everywhere. Families sitting together, first dates, homes and park benches. I see love in everything. I see moments of tenderness between people. I see co-workers sharing food with each other and strangers feeding the stray cat, scratching the back of her head in a quiet moment of adoration.
I think about how you are my family now. It was just something that was. Like we were crafted to be each other’s love. Like part of my purpose on this earth is to love you, and part of your purpose was to love me too.
I think about our children and our children’s children and all the love that will be borne out of this, and I feel at home. You have come in and breathed so much more life into my life. My family. My partner. The person who takes care of me and the person I take care of. The person I’ve been waiting for. A love I didn’t think existed.
Savanna 