To Listen, Ask, Breathe, To Love

to love is to hear the echo of lack in a being
and breathe into the empty space

with touch
with words
with gifts
with acts
with presence

sometimes that being is your long-time lover
sometimes a stranger, a friend, a plant, a dog

sometimes that being is you

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we must never not listen
for the sound of cavity

we must never not ask
what do you need?
what can I give?

we must never not breathe
into the holes in each other
into the holes in ourselves

we must never not see
that the world is saved
by listening, asking, and breathing