consent or mutuality?

so, recently, I asked 'context'

to ride shotgun with me.

and I came to a place in time

where I was face to face with

'consent or mutuality' going forward

I asked context for a set of fresh eyes

and so I presented and we discussed.

so I proposed:

it's winter time and the snow abounds.

and we went out and made

both angels in the snow 

and then built a snowman together.

I asked,

consent or mutuality?

context looked at me and smiled.

okay, so it's spring time

and we decided to build a raise-bed garden

I had the seeds 

and we went out 

and bought the materials together

then built and planted.

consent or mutuality?

context gave me a silent but sobering look.

okay, so, it's summer time

we decided to go on a hike.

I got a map I had

and somehow we ended up on this particular trail

that you knew about and loved.

I brought water and sunscreen.

consent or mutuality?

context shook its head 

and stared up at the sky,

as if that was a meaningful response.

okay, okay and I sighed.

so it's the fall of the year

and we go out and rake up all of these leaves.

we make a huge pile.

we run, yell and dive into that pile repeatedly.

and then we go about to start an evening fire

by gathering just some of the leaves,

more of twigs and small branches.

where we put the fire

was not good for us to sit around.

I felt somewhat displaced

but happy to be together.

and so I asked once again

consent or mutuality?

context just looked at me,

actually looked straight thru me,

as if my quizzical 

should have turned into wisdom.

what?

consent or mutuality I decried . . .