Our Love

Love lives here.
Our love lives in all things
The big and the small
It lives in the notes I find in the morning time
the calls just to say hi
the words of respect
adoration
and truth.
It lives in the messiness of my side of the closet
and the trash bag you never remember to replace.
It lives in our children's smiles
their cries
and their breath.
Our love lives in the grief.
Our love lives in our pain.
It lives in forgiveness and unmade beds
sleepless nights
piles of laundry
raised voices
long hugs
chaos
joy
and reality.
Our love lives with no conditions
no games
or manipulation.
It has lived through rock bottoms
and swinging highs
It has lived through defeats
It has lived through common sense
and passion and fire
Our love
Lives here.

I am proud of our love
We worked for this love
We fought for this love
We DESERVE this love
We live this love.