Another brilliant piece from a GUNNAS WRITING MASTERCLASS writer
Loved denied
or deferred
often has so much more
power
than the love
quietly lived
day after day
Measured not in stolen glances
an heart flutters
but in dryer loads folded
and cat boxes scooped
The devotion and care
taken to do chores
with the only reward
to do it again
tomorrow
Maybe this is the slow love
the less showy love
the longer burning love
The fireworks
and palpitations
are all fine
Love must always start
somewhere
Like the big bang
this theory holds
that the initial excitement is
no more than
a catalyst
for the more mundane acts
of love
and devotion
Maybe our poetry needs to encompass
the school runs
on cold, wet mornings
or the interminable mowing
Perhaps it is epistles
of praise
for bin collection
and bread runs
And perhaps I
can encourage my unruly heart
to skip a beat
or two
for these devotionals
lovingly rendered
No flowers
or chocolate tchotchkes
required.