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I wish this baby, flannel, oatmeal, bells,
Balloons a kite, a bike, a cat, a phone .
I wish her tryouts, outfits, ocean swells
And dances, love notes, babies of her own.
But dare I wish...
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"We won't get lost."
He says and I,
"Or sink? Or drown?"
I trust him.
"Hey, we'll have some fun."
("And how did I get into this?"
I think.)
Our journey cross the river
has begun.
("What...
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I've not been one
to tell you how to drive.
It's your car, your gas.
I'm here for the ride.
Right now,
it's up to you
when we arrive.
But this is what I'm seeing
from my side.
When fearing...
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You're looking for a wizard?
Don't look here.
(I'm no Professor Marvel.
I'm a sham.)
Whenever I sense
someone's need or fear,
I play the part.
I let them think I am.
It's true I lie,
but...
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I later heard
she almost died.
Although she didn't try
to keep the fact from me,
the how and how come
wasn't mine to know.
My feelings
weren't her first priority.
So when I heard,
I had...
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How dare you?
You thought,
no, you assumed
I would...
because you did
that I might too.
And if I don't?
Just because you flirt at bookstores,
wander the library stacks,
scan the trade at...
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I stared and thought,
“How small, how strange, how plain."
Details my memory
knew so well and
took so often,
never stopping to retain.
I felt a fool
and yet I had to look.
What I beheld
I...
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Now everything is cool.
We're at that stage
when trust, respect feel sure.
We sense a link in struggle,
pain and hope.
As we engage
things fall in place,
we think in sync.
But some day
I...
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They rose and hand in hand toward home went on their way.
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They knew they wouldn't find that grafted tree
When first the cherry orchard came at hand.
But what a shock! No, how...
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