merged

she and I have grown. Deep and softly. Inward and outwardly. I tell us at times: we are one. We have merged into a literal being we call our relationship, our partnership, and now we are learning the art of loving ourself with the help of loving one another.

Subjective or metaphorical or fantastic as it may seem, I feel this is what is really happening. Loving myself has been reflected to me over and over again as I engage with her, and then loving her has been reflected to me as the Love that I can give myself, and that I sometimes deny.

In the One being that we have merged into, I see complementing attributes arise out of each of us. In her I perceive our sensitivity, and in me our... Activity? I don't quite know what I bring to the our being, but I do feel that we balance each other. In more than one way. And sometimes when she falls out of balance, I help support her. And when I fall out of balance, she helps support me. And step by step, day by day, we grow and learn with ourselves and with each other. Day by day, event by event, fear by fear. At the pace of nature - one step at a time.