Parabolic Mirror

If love occurs in micro-moments,

Then it’s occurring

at this moment

as I lie here breathing you

while you are sleeping —

Feeling, in the rise and fall,

the intimacy of breath

and the warm firmness of your form.

If love occurs

in micro-moments of connection,

Consider this:

The whole parabola of my mind —

my memory, my current celebration,

my hope, my dearly felt anticipation —

Will magnify this tiny spark

Displaying beacon lights across the sky.

And this moment

feeds a limpid pool

of many others —

All of them magnified,

All of them bringing light,

Lifting us in the divine,

Teaching us love as they shine.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 25, 2013