After twenty years, I know
I take you for granted, and

while there is something
wonderfully comfortable

about our relationship, and
that’s no excuse, still,

this morning in light of
last night’s dream and the

ache it left, I had the
dreaded sense of life with-

out you and it scared me
and shook the foundations

and reawakened the pain
and I once again ran

trembling fingers over the
scars of abandonment and

I knew again that I love
you even more than the

accumulation of those
losses and I want you to

know that I know how
much I would miss you

and so, I want you to know
that now, today, this

minute, this very second
of our life together.