A small piece of us
—happy birthday 💓to a special person, father and partner
in the whirlwind of exacting time,
We found a small piece of us gently moving toward the light
I found you, a truly lovely soul
That only just came into a good sort of healing
The place we used to visit
Our secret place.
Your tenderness enclosed the suture of a deeply stagnating ravine
So closed off from oxygen and movement,
Now that is a free-flowing space of cathartic energy
Our love now has found that small space of us
And it is our own,
All our own
The past is no longer our weight
But our cloudy sky
Our secret place where you and I
Are finally one.
About the Creator
Melissa Ingoldsby
I am a published author on Patheos,
I am Bexley by Resurgence Novels
The Half Paper Moon on Golden Storyline Books for Kindle.
My novella The Job and Atonement will be published this year by JMS Books
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Comments (5)
Very lovely and excellent work!! ☺️👏
Happy birthday to your husband!! And Merry Christmas!! ❤❤
Awww, this was so sweet and touching! Happy Birthday to your husband and Merry Christmas! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Happy Birthday & Blessed Holidays to both of you.
Lovely words sis and a probable Top Story, Seasons greetings