To love someone deeply gives you strength. <br />Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage. <br />~ Lao-Tzu <br /> <br />Miles apart and strangers to each other, <br />we set our goals for the coming year- <br />so often writing on the same page <br />without ever touching once, <br />even though we'd held these dreams dear <br />for far longer than the time <br />when the year, once more, became new. <br /> <br />How did it take so long <br />for our paths to finally cross? <br />How did the tiny spark <br />of our first encounter <br />grow so rapidly <br />into a full-blown fire <br />that both roared with passion <br />and gently warmed... <br />that both blazed <br />and gave a mellow glow? <br /> <br />Sometime <br />during the scheme of things <br />while we were preoccupied <br />with the business-as-usual <br />of turning the world upside down <br />and setting it on fire, <br />our hearts reached out to hug each other <br />forever. <br /> <br />Because of this, <br />we are braver, stronger, better <br />together <br />than we ever were <br />before the crossing of our paths <br />on that page of common dreams. <br /> <br />Miles apart, <br />we dream our dreams <br />-similar, alike, and different- <br />on separate pillows <br />in different time zones <br />while magically sleeping <br />heart-to-heart <br />because of our special love. <br /> <br />(February 26,2007)<br /><br />Ainsley Jo Phillips<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-russell-with-love/
