This is a good time for walks through the park

She prayed to give him at least a moment so that he would not go without knowing how much she had loved him despite all their doubts, and she felt an irresistible longing to begin life with him over again so that they could say what they had left unsaid and do everything right they had done badly in the past.

-Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Today I unbreak my heart

by way of telling the bits and pieces

gently

you really can be whole again.

Today I do not get mad at their being torn,

to scramble with reasons and words to bind

them tight with floss and twine.

only I'd be lying if I said

I didn't want to love again

right now,

to feel soft skinned

to the snow

see everything at once

through love-eyes, throbbing-heart

like that Spain spring day

almost five years ago.

For today I don't mind

if these words are too much, too big, off key,

it is practice at saying what's unsaid

and practice at forgiving.