KARENARY

With your hands above my heart

pumping, pressing

massaging it back to life

after so long

you give something I thought could not be returned to me

something I thought was stolen forevermore.

You give me back the breath

I sent out

as a saddened sigh.

With your lips near mine

you offer me something so precious

so powerful

I cannot cheapen it

by taking as much as I would wish.

You grant me the most beautiful gift of all

and silently

I thank you.