On Heart-holds and the Flipside of Hello

I'm glad hearts hold more than arms

for they are big enough 

to enfold and hold forever

those we dearly love

A few things happened this week-end to make me realize how thankful I am that hearts hold what arms can't!

You don’t want to go

I know

The tug-of-war twixt hearts can take

Our breath away

And leave us feeling

The full impact of love’s ache

I don’t want to go,

You know

Farewell is hard, our hearts and eyes

Brim with the

Overflowing measure

Of love’s bittersweet goodbyes

We don’t want to go

But we know

Nothing lasts forever so

We embrace, kiss faces

Knowing

Hearts never really let go

© Janet Martin