A good relationship
Has a pattern
Like a dance
And is built
On some
Of the same
Rules.
The partners
Do not need
To hold on tightly,
Because they move
Confidently
In the same pattern,
Intricate
But gay
And swift
And free,
Like a country dance
Of Mozart’s…
There is no place here
For the possessive clutch,
The clinging arm,
The heavy hand;
Only the barest touch in passing.
Now arm in arm,
Now face to face,
Now back to back-
It does not matter which.
Because they know they are partners
Moving to the same rhythm,
Creating a pattern together,
And being invisibly nourished by it.
