Easter Morning

In church this morning

we sang Jesus Christ is Risen Today

and you nudged me because I remembered

the way he had sung it as the sun was rising,

his brown hands cracking eggs

into the sizzling frying pan

while the girl who loved him

folded blankets in the basement

listening

and smiling a smile

that he couldn't see.

And I gave you the same smile

because you're the only person

who knows

this secret.