An individual.
  Another individual.
    A couple.
      There are three of you in this together.
        Three.
          How does it all work?
            Perhaps there’s some
              magic?
( For us, there seemed to be. )

There is that strange romance
  beyond all understanding :
    Your partner speaks the words
      of your own secret soul
        before you even form them for yourself.
          Or,
            as in a dream,
              aware that you alone
                might grant your partner’s silent wish,
                  before you know you can,
                    you have!
(  Have you felt the spell?   Haven’t we all?  )

But, if this
  magic
    becomes your expectation,
      if you each presume
        to live on your other’s behalf
( For this is what it would take! )
          and then
            feeling your effort is judged,
              judge in turn,
                who is there left to be you?
                  And
                    what becomes of the magic?

Only you yourselves
  can truly know
    what matters deeply to you,
      day-to-day
        and through your life.
(  It’s who you are.  )
          So . . .
            Tell each other!
              Talk.
                Really talk.
                  It’s simple,
                    though it might not be so easy.

Trust     each     other.
  But,
    you must trust yourselves
      first.
        You can’t -
          if you feel the need for control.
            Hold     nothing     back.
( You can’t make bargains   with yourself.  )

You will now have
  differences.
    This means that you’re
      alive!
       Respect each other for this.
         Engage each other’s differences.
           This is the hardest work.
             Don’t give up
               when it seems too hard.
                 It’s not -
                   if you decide it won’t be.
                     It is,
                       you’ll see,
                         the most rewarding work!
(  And don’t neglect agreements.   Celebrate them all!  )

The clear
  uncomplicated heart
    is free to love,
      and to be loved.
        Be free
          to live your lives
(  To the fullest depth and breadth  )
            in     each     other’s,
              through your time.

Now,
  just let the magic happen when it will.

(   And     it     will!   )