That Moment

That initial moment
An assumed myth, or response, without promise
Didn’t expect it, never known before
Then mutual longing abruptly intercedes
The feeling …. that first emotion stays with one forever
The glorious aching never erodes
Stamped on your soul
Don’t know if I could have initiated it
Desiring everything
Risking everything and more
Terrified of failure
But suddenly, unavoidably unstoppable
A silent touch in the dark spoke an infinity of words
Erasing years of yearning and denial
Cleansing a considerable lifetime of unfulfilled visions
No single life has ever experienced this moment
Don’t attempt to convince otherwise
Don’t confuse me with history and facts
In that moment

July 2015

The transitional moment in a relationship. Until that instant there existed a tense uncertainty of the direction things would eventually go. Many years later, among everything that's been lost and forgotten in a life, that instant remains just as clear and memorable as it was the very next day. For one person anyway. 

Sudden Summer Rain

The rain arrived unannounced
Most of us appreciative of its appearance
Rated as a passing shower
It realized its fifteen minutes of fame
So despised in winter
But this day, mid-summer
Sparking elation and celebration among excited voices
You'd have thought we'd never experienced rain before
........ In western Oregon
Or that it rivaled designated official storms of the century
Maybe we should have named the event .... Randomly passing shower Edith
Or assigned it a "feels like" number
Like meteorologists tend to do
People come running to witness the event
A chilling breeze distributing the mist to all covered corners
Altering stale attitudes
Providing hope for a refreshed tomorrow
A previous recent rumor had failed to materialize
Never given a life
Even those who crave summer have grown weary of the relentless heat
Anxious for a change
Those folks, would be poor excuses for Floridians or Arizonians

August 18, 2015

Endless Possibilities

There were endless possibilities in those lost and nearly forgotten days of vague youth
Never certain which direction to choose
Up or down, forward or back, left or right, run or walk
Spontaneous courageous bursts occasionally led to abrupt endings and random victories or defeats
The desultory severed friendship became a victim
Was it all pre-destined, part of some grand master scheme or was it just odd circumstances of chance
Time passes in rapid fire order and the answer may never be revealed
Not that it matters much in the constantly progressing infinity of moments and seconds

June - August 2015