5/16/19: To Kim

To Kim on our Anniversary
* * * 
Love, I know you exist; 
your Earth surrounds my Soul.

Steady ‘lighting branch,
and daily learning lens -
you show me my truth
til I am undone.

Try not to ache to pull me
from words and thoughts and time -
you saw me shining there and chose;
your love notes sealed the deal.

And I will not continue 
to tie my strings to you, 
no more a constant mooring 
than I, forever free.

Forgive me for forgetting, 
as though I never knew,
you always need a branch like me -
you still need anchoring, too.