More Intense Poem by Louise Tredoux

Love means different things
to different people - to me it
means acting with respect
for dignity while maintaining
independence, remaining in
control of my own happiness

Accepting responsibility for every-
thing happening to me, when I had
put my trust in Rudi because of his
strength and wisdom, I accepted all
problems as the result of my choice
and therefore to be solved by me

When his mental absence pains my
heart, I accept the wounds the pain
creates as new space in which future
joy and delight will be more intense –
and it works every time...