shapeless destination

i'm catching you a little later than planned today; i hope your monday was a good one.

mine started off slow, but ended with some exciting news -- one of my poems has been accepted in Welter, the university of baltimore's literary magazine! i'm not yet sure of the print date, but i'm very proud.

here's a new, short poem:
[shapeless destination]

rare to keep its sheen,
love's dimensions bend
until it's stronger.
we know,
we can feel it through our hands --
our beginning's over --
but its residue on every day,
that path of smoke,
that leads us closer
to some shapeless destination.

about this poem:
speaking of lit magazines, this poem was originally written as a response to a prompt, the word "beginnings," provided by a lit magazine. i missed the call for submissions deadline, so i'm working on extending it into a poem about love. the poem takes place once the narrator is past her initial understanding of love, and learning slowly about what she doesn't understand. and, since that information never comes to us in a convenient package, her impressions will be kaleidescopic...