Redefining Common Ground

My heart longs

My memory searches

My body aches

My soul stalls

My mind seeks

Redefining common ground

Life moves along

Bringing me forward

Pushing me back

Reminding me of times together

Good and bad

Laughter and tears

Joy and heartache

Redefining common ground

Recognizing

All we've worked through

All we've changed

The moments we've experienced

The moments we've lost

The pain we've inflicted

The sacrifices

The dreams

The successes

The failures

Redefining common ground

Acknowledging

The life we've created

The differences

The commonalities

All we've learned

All we've suppressed

All we wanted

Expectations met

Expectations ignored

Experiences we can't change

Redefining common ground

Discovering

Sometimes

We still don't really know one another

A pleasant surprise

A heartbreaking truth

A joyful moment

A tear-jerking reality

An unearthed dream

A sudden revelation of inner desires

Redefining common ground

Travelling

This journey we began

This path we wander

The wrong turns

The right choices

The never ending struggle

To embrace

The reality of who we are

Together

Individually

The growth we experience

Together

Individually

The changing dreams

Shared

Individual

The altering goals

Shared

Individual

Redefining common ground

Experiencing

Moments of clarity

Minutes of uncertainty

Hours of fighting

Days of loving

Years of compromise

Remembering yesterday

Appreciating today

Planning for tomorrow

Redefining common ground

Coming together

Drifting apart

Holding on when the ground shook beneath us

Trembling when our foundation cracked

Sacrificing for happiness

Compromising to find peace

Holding fast to what works

Letting go of what fails

Finding our way together

Redefining common ground