yes is a pleasant country...

yes is a pleasant country:
if's wintry
(my lovely)
let's open the year

both is the very weather
(not either)
my treasure,
when violets appear

love is a deeper season
than reason;
my sweet one
(and april's where we're)

--e.e. cummings

I love this poem & have for quite some time. For whatever reason, the imagery & words just lend themselves to unconditional & soulful love. What more can a person ask for? I am especially moved by the line, "love is a deeper season than reason;".

Another great weekend for the books--we went to see a play at the Fell's Point Corner Theatre--a piece of fluff but fun nonetheless. And of course since it wasn't a movie, it doesn't count against our ban against the dinner & a movie for a year date, We did go to Paper Moon for dinner though...and we did watch something.....

On Sunday we both had a lot of work to do so we set up our computers in the dining room & started at it--but even though we spent a good portion of the day quietly doing our own thing, there was a sense of togetherness which was very nice--as we keep moving toward that year mark, I've found that we don't always feel the need to be doing something 24-7 when we're together--it is nice just to be together--maybe in some ways that is "the deeper season." It was a companionship that was comforting & easy. Like it is right now, me sitting here blogging & Xing Fu sitting next to me reading. No words but a sense of souls touching regardless. I am enjoying this--my mother says that Xing Fu settles me--that I am less edgy; I think that may be true. It has been a good month for us--and my co-worker always knows when I get an email from Xing Fu--she says I get that glow--it's nice to know how easy it is to continue to feel that way, even as the year-mark gets closer.