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
🧡
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