Presence

Through the night

Between my dreams

I feel you next to me —

Your solid warmth,

The smoothness of your sleeping form —

Comforting company.

Throughout the night

We hold each other in our trust

Our solidness 
less of our frames

Than of the blended habits of our thoughts

That keep us reaching for each other

Touching home across the wide domain of dream.

And so it is at day

When the harsh winds of your contracted duties

bear you away

While I attempt to find the heat

to forge my purpose:

Our thoughts reach out across the miles

to wrap each other up

Embrace each other in the shared support

of steady love.

©Wendy Mulhern

January 23, 2013