i know you like your eggs sunny side up
and driving with the windows down
and turning the bass up high
and feeding stray cats
i know you hold on to what you love tightly
wearing holes in your favorite socks
and giving out second chances
i know the way your shoulders tense in traffic
and the way they relax against your pillow
i know you, your scent, your dreams, your fears
your eyes, your nose, your ears
we’re in sync;
we reach out arms to steady each other when one of us
wobbles,
or sometimes, fall down together, laugh at our own tears, get up
again, keep going
back and better and better then ever and it’s always true and truer
