fall

i’m sitting on a plane somewhere over the pacific ocean 

between maui~ our honeymooniversary

and cali~ back-to-life-back-to-reality.

the laptop sits blank page before me. 

i'm ready to type i-don’t-know-what, but get words on a page.  

i place the earphones in my sun-kissed ears,
select i-tunes, 

"denise’s reflective songs" list,
and shuffle.  

the song begins.

i smile, think of course.  

it is our song,
our anthem,
“fly” by sara groves. 

it is fitting. 

michael sits beside me, eyes closed.
i inhale and exhale the lyrics... my life.

i  replay it again and again.

"speak in a summer tone

pause in the afterglow

tenderly whisper my name

tell me once again 
why i am your bride

so i can fly

so i can fly..."

i increase with love for him with each word. 

i have increased with love for him so much over the past 9 days  
i think i might burst!

i asked him earlier this week,
“do you think when we go away together we intend to fall in love again?”

with certainty he replied, “ABSOLUTELY.” 

it is unspoken, 

but we both know we are leaving the weight of the world

and

stealing what is rightfully ours

~the other.

living every moment solely to replenish US. 

 we intentionally release our grips on the ordinary,

and fall
into the
EXTRAORDINARY

gift
we are to each other.  

and here on the plane

with maui behind us 

and reality ahead of us,

i look at him

and think,

i miss him already. 

and i'm counting the days until we can steal away and fall for each other again.