THE MEASURE
When you meet the one who steadies your weather,
do not ask, “Are you mine?”
Ask instead, “What happens to the air
when we stand this close?”
Love is not a ring on your finger
or a name on a deed.
Love is an instrument,
two arms of a compass opening
to see what distance lets you breathe.
Between you there will be a third thing
not you, not them
a field, a light,…
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