Pathway of Love: Completion

I grew upward,

Toward the light,

I could not reach it,

Then, a seed.

 

We happened 

next to each other,

Grew into 

one another.

 

Entwined,

We became one,

Shared affections,

Afflictions.

 

Though the 

earth fell

on us,

together we grew.

 

Toward the light,

Forever up,

Come rain,

Come pain.

 

Push through it all,

Swaying in the wind,

Held together,

Stronger each day.

 

No storm broke us,

Made it to the clouds,

The sky is ours,

There's only light.

 

This is 

completion.

Our love grows

eternal after.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written as part of a project for Ha Jin's Waiting.  This is what I would consider what love is for a couple; it is the shared experiences of joy and sadness in being in love but grown stronger as time passes.  Love is grown and not instantaneous. I believe at the end of waiting Lin has begun to learn to truly love and realize how many mistakes he made in his life and seeking out love and not growing it. 

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