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It’s One Of Those Things
It’s one of those things
that everyone claims
is impossible, a dream, fairy tale,
the mythic remains of another world.

It’s one of those things
that other adults say
never to seek, never to imagine,
because it can’t come true.

It’s one of those things
that never shows up
in dimestore books on how-to-love,
because it’s the answer.

It’s one of those things
that soars above and within
sermons, sessions, readings,
because it is.

It’s one of those things
that starts with ‘No’ for an answer
and changes the course of all
into a grand proclamation: ‘Yes.’

It’s one of those things
that transcends time, transcends distance,
transcends a million other reasons
for not allowing the seed to grow.

It’s one of those things
that began with you, that began with me,
that caught fire unexpectedly,
that is setting us free.

It’s one of those things
that paints her eyes
the color of silence, the color of rainbow,
the color of flame.