"No."

You told her "No."
without anger or chastisement.

She heard "No", not abandonment
or shame.

The "No" both held back
and evaporated the threatening

tide of emotions leaving
only stillness in its wake.

And in the stillness,
they layed together praying

caressing one another
in the quiet,

knowing nothing, save the
sure trust in the quidance received.