Mi Amor

The last year

You spread your wings

And took flight

Even when we shared

Sojourns to Helen,

Charleston, and Chicago

You took off on your own

To Tallahassee

To Nashville

Doing a little bit of everything

Along the way

Not to mention

Flying off to India

Seeking a heartwarming homecoming

At the year's start

Soon to be rescuing your Mummiji

And containing your racing heart

As hers was failing

And Papaji was not too better off

Resilient does not quite describe you

Well enough

Adventurous, too

And brave

Working 7 day weeks with no respite

Hundreds of miles from home

That you drove

Even without my comments

While I could barely rest alone

In our new abode

Riding bulls and weathering

Last minute conference storms

And a typhoon of new love

Confusing in its form

And pulling you away

From me

Yet here we are

Another year gone,

Done and dusted

Best friends still

And maybe more?

Who knows what the future

Has in store

Though to know you these last 5 odd years

Wasn’t the worst 5-year plan

For me, at least

To know you in all your forms,

Personalities, and moods

My admiration continues to deepen

Even if there were moments when

My respect for you

Did not feel so resolute

As when I knew you less

And loved the idea of you

More than the depths of who

You are

The what grows more complex

The how you came to be

Comes closer to view

As you seep more comfortably

Into me

And the why

Continues to elude

Mysterious and wise

Maybe there are things about you

I will never know

Worthy of a lifetime

Of intellectual pursuit

Perhaps?

But intuition tells me

A hug, a kiss, a warm embrace

The expressions on your face

Are my karmic reward

And I can only thank my past lives

For Ra ra r, mi Amor