Remember

I wonder what would have been the result had we been able to get past our tears and fears .... and all the I love Yous, instead of splitting us apart, had led us upon a different common ground

     Remember how it ended all those times before when our words led to sudden separation and sorrow and "I'm sorry" came too late too slow too far away and didn't move enough ground

          And everything we had temporarily gained was consumed and lost in that instant and final conflagration and all that remained was hurt and doubt and why and how

               And neither of us could hear what the other was saying because we had our jaded separate truths and pride and suspicions and were too damn young to react with anything besides raw emotion and one-sided solutions

                    And what one thought was reconciliation and restoration the other saw as further evidence that a forever change was needed and unavoidable

February 2025

Speaking In Silence

She spoke of the sky and flowers

Of a lost friend

And a world I didn't know

Of a sunset remembered from her first day of college

And of fractured fragments of late seconds and hours

..... and the music within

And these days I speak to her often through the clouds and airwaves

These narratives of longing

Across mountains, tree lines and imposed borders

In whispers and meditation

In frequent moments of contemplation

She was present in last night's dream

And the struggle to hold on

2024 / February 2025

A Reason

I sometimes visualize things through the morning fog

Just on the other side of the distant trees

Just past the limits of visibility

The possibility that there might be something so beautiful there

Waiting to be revealed

Testing and stretching my imagination

A reason to keep going

February 2025

Words for a beautiful friend, imagining that there's even more to discover.