The pain is gone.

The giant tear I clutched,

uncried,

has leaked away.

Only the love is real.

It shimmers in my mind

like a golden sun at dawn.

Our arguments, the jealousies,

imagined treasons, bitter words,

have all dissolved

and only tender memories remain -

of gentle mornings,

football games,

meals prepared and cleared away -

the tuneless songs you hum

and prayers we prayed.

No accidently joining ours!

A collision caused in time!

A karmic roller-coaster ride!

with hairpin turns

and high sky dives!

But now at last

peace has arrived.

Explosions gone.

The walls thrown up in fear

have tumbled down.

And now -

no longer blind

my heart can find

the quiet,

endless love

you are

inside.