for Loren on her birthday

I can remember
as if it were yesterday
that evening in the redwoods
when the ceremony
was over and the dinner
and the toasts
how you two danced
more gracefully than any
of the guests
dancing in step
in perfect harmony
a tango that you must
have practiced though it seemed
in every way spontaneous
you moved together
with an ease that spoke
the years already shared
and augured well
the life ahead
a marriage danced
with grace and strength
and tenderness
a gift you two
are giving day by day
year after year
not only to eachother
but to all of us
fortunate enough to know you