Miss my sweet lover
Nurtures me like none other
Two souls uniting
In seventeen syllables Priya captures the three essential dimensions of what she has found in Scott — the personal, the nurturing, and the transcendent. This haiku is the simplest and perhaps the most complete statement of love in the entire collection. It asks nothing, explains nothing, and needs nothing added to it.
I have spent much of my adult life nurturing others — my sons, my work, my community. To be nurtured in return, to have someone tend to me with genuine care and attention, is something I did not know I was missing until Scott showed me what it felt like. Two souls uniting is not a romantic exaggeration. It is the most accurate description I have for what happens when we are together. Something completes itself.