I like her and I love her

I like her and I love her (with regrets to Catullus)

I like her and I love her

I’ve known her forever – longer than either of our marriages (all of them) or

relationships (all of them too);

we’ve talked about anything and everything

shared tears and lots of laughter too

served as consciences and mirrors for one another

raw. no holds barred.

We’ve taught and we’ve fought – exasperated one another at times –

we’ve never “done it” yet we’re more intimate than most folks are or ever will be.

We hold one another’s lives in one another’s hearts and hands

no conditions, no “buts”

know they’re safe from bad guys and the ones who think

they know what’s best for everyone;

an unlikely duo if ever there were one yet we work like the bee

who’s not supposed to be able to fly and does it anyway -

who manages to astound all who see it and even itself sometimes.