Communion

Communion
for Boudewijn on our thirty-eighth wedding anniversary

You walked the path
toward me
long and lean
closer, beautiful
friendly smile lines

Who is this man?
An old friend
my heart said
but for sure
we’d never met

I say you swept 
me into a hug
You say I leapt
into your arms
either way

thirty-eight years
a long time
Those crinkles
lured me into 
deep communion