May the music of our souls
Be accompanied by grand gestures
And the persistent clapping of hummingbird’s wings.
~ from a prayer by Lisa Colt in WOMAN PRAYERS
Learning to love differently is hard
Love with the hands open, love
With the doors banging on their hinges
The cupboard unlocked, the wind
Roaring and whimpering in the rooms
Rustling the sheets and snapping the blinds
That thwack like rubber bands
In an open palm.