#0046

We laugh together and pray together,
We read together and watch together.
We talk of love and of the joy we'll have
Through those who bear the names we give them.
We speak of times that are passed,
Beautiful moments that have yet to come
Yet have every potential of existence;
The mundane and the enthralling.
I sit here in the warmth of my room
Listening to the rain pouring
And laugh at your stubbornness
Wondering how your cold will fare.
And it's in this still moment
After my brief chuckle
Where my heart is suddenly filled
With a fondness I cannot contain.
It's nothing really.
No remarkable insight into you and I.
It's happening at your expense, even!
But, I love you in the stillness.
I love your grim determination
That prevents you from turning back
To seek shelter and help.
I love your dark humour at your own predicament.
I love the care for me that prevents you
From 'putting me out' for a moment;
What an unlikely hero you are.
I embrace the stillness
And allow it to stoke the flames.