beloved

“The voice of my beloved!
    Look, he comes,
leaping upon the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.”  Song of Songs 2:8

you come:

in the kids

playing leapfrog

in backyards;

in the dog racing

toward us to knock

us over with a big welcome;

in the older couple

dancing to the tune

played at their wedding . . .

do we notice you,

beloved?

© 2019 Thom M. Shuman