Teakettles and Other Things

I am sitting here
In your robe and slippers
Drinking tea
From the teakettle you bought
For me
And thinking

"This is the life I have always wanted."

No, not sitting in your robe
Wearing your slippers
Not having to be the one to pay for my teakettles
But to be sitting here
In our home
Wrapped in things
So personal
Being here
In this life that I am living
With you.

I am sitting here
In your robe and slippers
Drinking tea
From the teakettle you bought
For me
And thinking

"This is the life I am living."