Falling in Love by Rhea Lewin Geberer (wife)

Falling In Love

Love
came into
my life

while climbing
down a mountain,
holding onto astonishing roots,
afraid to fall,
afraid of fear.

Crouched and moving,
on a hot sun-lit afternoon,
perspiration making me
a funny face,

a day of wonders
and strange birds
in the sky.

When love came in,
the trees grew branches
before my eyes,
and the flowers deepened,
blues, reds, yellows,

and I needed to stop
for breath;
when I did
I didn’t know
if I could start again --

down the long trail
to the flat earth,
life as time, comings and goings,
after this time, this trip,
this imperfect pink rose given
to me by grace.