Saturdays
The couple enters the coffee shop,
Quiet smiles, easy comfort.
They order and sit,
Mapping the week ahead.
A ritual of love:
Planning, scheduling,
Reviewing a life together,
Portioning food with care.
They season the meal with laughter,
Share what the other forgets,
Tending to small things
Through thick and thin.
They stretch, look around,
Gather their things,
And re-enter the world,
Together, into the dark.
