Love poem #1 (although there have been others)

The pink and purple bled through the clouds this morning

color wicking on every strand of vapor melting across the sky

and I knew it

inside of that moment

but I also knew it

that night in our youth

when minutes stretched far and wide

and you reached through fear and longing

to hang your heart on a hook

that bore your name

or

that time when heaven cracked open

and rained grace and fairies

on the both of us below

twice

but then again

it happened just a week or so ago

You and me

gazing past the present reflected in our eyes

for a moment, seeing a future

that made us cling wildly

to the rock

that we had become

it is every day

really

all gathered up

one by one

and in one
alone
I know it

my whole life long