I'll never tire of you

A love collage

original art by Maria Theebs

i’ll never tire of you,
though you tire of yourself;
i'll never tire of 
your calloused palms
your silent eyes,
the voice, such
warm gravel.
i'll never tire of 
your worries, your
ways of wishing 
when maybe
all hope is lost,
your way of 
believing this life 
is really something
other than 
a baited maze,
that i am 
more than 
an empty winter.
your heart is
eternal spring.
i'll never tire of 
the sound of spring 
fire fire 
where where
here here 
indigo bunting 
staining the bush 
you, another season,
alive and living--
how could i
tire of this?

“HEARTBREAK is unpreventable; the natural outcome of caring for people and things over which we have no control, of holding in our affections those who inevitably move beyond our line of sight. … ”

— David Whyte,
Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words