d o v e

here
under the water we are
still swimming in the mystery
of your delight
haggard we traveled now we are
renewed in being called beloved
beloved is what gurgles in the water
spilled out on us, in the waves that
swirl about us
this is what we were returning to
this is why the sky opened up
it was to give birth
it was to make a door
it was to end the long war we've been
waging against ourselves and that
all the bitter words we've tasted
would be wasted in the sweetness of
the waters and their word
the word is love