Swimming in Our Love

I lose sight of us at times;
the way that fish can't see the ocean;
the price of lovers swimming in their love.

I've been reading Mark Nepo lately. And his words have a lot of wisdom. Take for instance his thoughts on how we take each other for granted:

"When we first fall in love, the powerful force of possibility grips us and pulls us along deeper and deeper into the days. When first shaping the bonds of love, we look at each other with incredible freshness and appreciate who is before us...... Inevitably, though, as we grow intimate, we begin to lose sight of each other, and there comes a day when we no longer see our loved one as others do. Now we see inside of their face, up close. Now we swim in each other like a mysterious river in which we sometimes see ourselves, and sometimes soothe ourselves, and sometimes drink of each other. Eventually, we climb into the painting we once stared at with our pounding heart, and from inside the painting, we can forget there ever was such a painting. This is how we can take each other for granted. This is how we can imagine that the magic is gone. But, as the reward for being drawn to the sea is to swim with the waves, the reward for being drawn into the depth of another is to feel each other rather than to see each other." from The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo.

Today I'm going to see and feel the person I love. I'm going to recall the day that we first met and think about all the magical days that have flowed from that. I'm grateful for having found that person and for sharing the days that we've had together. I'm going to look into their eyes and really see and say "I love you."