love begins again

i went to the hospital
last night
it felt like the airport
meeting someone
just arrived

and now
as i drive to work
cars pass
in silence
the bubble of my heart
widens

out through frosted glass
through metal box
through space
over splotches of water
under dew-laden leaves
to the house-covered horizon
my heart hovers

a plane catches the light
and maybe the people
become aware
that the extraordinary
has happened

rachael is one day old
my love begins again