Write me a poem about being together‌ One wonders where to rhyme it with weather Or whether to say Weathering the storms altogether Yet like relationships The best lines of a poem Are not made to be a perfect fit In poetry & life we must aim For a richer deeper vein And always try to ascertain The hidden rhythm and rhyme That connects our lives Ladies & gentleman We are gathered here to day to see A brave and almost foolhardy thing Two people s lives have intersected such That they are willing to try To complete the imperfect circle From time to time They may see eye to eye On this or that Yet to uncover the meaning of today They here agree To agree to disagree
In the long intervals in between I have heard said, and read, That love is like two trees Intermingling to become one That type of poem may do For the feeble and the young It appears to me that love Is much stronger than that For what tree ever argued with itself? A better image to imagine would be Two trees in an orchard contentedly Separate in space and in time And knowing they can never be As one Leaves fall and summers breeze The rain & wind Shakes the boughs & the trees stay rooted & strong Gazing at each other through the years Until at last one winter too many falls One might say: How sad to be a tree Condemned to be alone!
But we should say happy trees! You shared so much together And knew each other better Than you knew yourselves It is the space between us That defines us & our love for each other The space we allow each other To breathe & grow So if you must spend your lives Trying to be together Remember The test is not how close you are But how you live with The distance between you May you spend your Lives exploring and guarding The space around you
`Who knows what may grow in the ground between?