Kathy and Joe

Kathy and Joe  

my parents are in love 

with our leaking roof 

with each other, with the moon 

my parents are in love 

with our pine-straw driveway 

with the world, with the way I see it 

my parents are in love  

with the holes in the tapestry 

with their thread and needles, with what might be 

my parents are in love 

with a God they know is listening 

with the grace, with the love he gives in every passing year 

and my parents are in love 

and I thank the earth and the sky and the God I seek  

for that 

and for as long as it remains true 

I will find solace in it.