for nathan

No, there aren't fireworks every day.

Try as we might, most days are burnt popcorn
and bad television on tired sofas.
But these are the moments,
mundane and simple,
that I want only to share with you.

So, no - every day is not a fireworks display -
brilliant and blinding light that soon fizzles and fades.

Ours is a slow, steady flame.
An ember that we nurse over time,
producing a lasting fire.

(Happy Anniversary, babe!)