After a line by G.C.

Fire and the Morning

Love should be like the days I see all the leaves clearly as separate selves.
Love should be like the bird who travels all night and rests at dawn.
Love should be like the knee that is judged on function not form.
Love should be like the country that stamps your passport and hands it back to you forever changed.
Love should be like the space between molecules of honey.
Love should be like the light in a meditation room.
Love should be like the first feeling of wetness.
Love should be like finding your seat on a plane an hour before sunrise.
Love should be like the glass through which I watch the polar bears swim slowly underwater.
Love should be like my fingers that tell you I love you when my lips won’t.
Love should be like the mask the surgeon wears while he saves your life.
Love should be like the brush-tips of death against your cheek.