life from love: a poem

we’re afraid of being hurt

already anticipating the tearing 

apart

of our hearts 

when we face it: 

distance

dissolution

disillusion 

divorce 

death 

it won’t hurt so much

if we don’t care so much

don’t love so much 

right? 

life without loss

right? 

but our bodies know 

in their deepest parts

that life comes from love 

our lives were no exception 

and our bodies know 

how to let go 

they’ve bid farewell 

to ten thousand days already 

the best of which 

were the days we loved