BIRTHDAY POEM

If we held each other's hearts
Raw,
still pumping
Full of family secrets;
Tribal incantations;  the failure
of our genes;

If we held
each
Other's hearts
in quiet
in scarlet
in wonder
weighing out the Past, removing
Strings--karmic crime and poor judgment:
All Fear;

If we just
Held
Each other's hearts aloft;
trembling
as we faced the stars; the beams of
Angels and their ruddy paths;
the face of God
equally red; listening
listening
listening: then
Finally:

yes.