Yet

Yet

Did I tell you I love you yet,

Did I tell you I love you,

Yet,

I love you,

I love you,

I love you,

Committed in love,

And, then,

Love grows,

Love never stays the same,

When it lasts,

Love is never static,

Love is never, ever benign,

It cannot be,

When love is true love,

It deepens,

Over time,

Every life encounters pain,

Every life,

Every life encounters evil,

If only on the periphery,

It can invade,

Provoke,

Disrupt,

But, love is greater,

It protects,

It guides,

And, when love is central,

To everything in life,

It permeates,

It strengthens,

It champions,

And, once we moved beyond the “Yet”,

The best was and is yet to come,

Once we said,

To each other,

I love you!

Peter Lowell Paulson

March 10, 2020