Steadily the afternoon falls
And I’m sitting there, blankly
Gulping down the coffee I know I get
Queasy with, tastes
Much too bitter for my
Resenting, sensitive belly
Remembering slowly,
Letting memories sink deep,
Lingering, creating gentle circles around the
Warmth of a mug so nostalgic
Finally sinking into a steadfast heart.

Resiliently my silent arms, listening ears
Work the day carefully
As life passes sharp,
Not smoothly, but
More like zipping,
A fly trapped in a small, foreign dwelling
The world moves with bursting, fantastic energy as I
Watch with wonder and curiosity innate,
Wishing for real food and
Indignantly, hypocritically panging for substance.

The way home is a stately welcome as I,
Guiltily, feed myself at last
The bus scurries a dark road
Hasn’t realized we’ve already arrived
All on pause,
We are,
Destinations our resumption,
We are ourselves alone, we are.

Many windows forgiving us,
Letting the ocean breeze seep in
The book can’t free me now with eyes so deep
Life so filled it must be faced
Forces me to remember
I remember the way your eyes melted into mine
You said you hate this part of the relationship,
The part where we have to say goodbye, a long while lost,
Remembering how our hearts cling tightly as we plunge
An intuition well endowed to us, blessing and filled with absorption
Love, strange and too true, too beautiful, my friend.