The Affair by Adrienne Jones
Here’s another one by Adrienne Jones, from Walking Down the Street in the Spirit Place.
The Affair
By Adrienne Jones
I love my pain so much
I’ve proposed!
Stay with me forever,
I say.
We know each other better
than any lovers.
You’ve been faithful
even when I was cheerful
over some other fancy,
always there waiting for me
when the air cleared
and I was ready to come home.
I know what you wear
and how you eat.
We speak a language no one else
understands.
You make me feel
so alive
and so real.
It’s hard to
imagine going anywhere without you.
Let’s have children
and name them:
Tears, Tremor, and the twins, Grief and Ire.
We’ll live a long life together
and leave everything to them, in the end.
But, wait.
There is something I must say
before we wed for good.
I have had an invitation to sit,
to look within,
and see the emptiness in all things.
It has come from the highest source
and I feel I must accept.
I’m sorry if the timing is awkward,
but don’t worry;
the Source has assured me
that Nothing
will come between us.
