I have taken my head apart
allowed you to interfere
with the grace that bubbles
Art Work By Yaron Rosner
in my belly such a geyser
I have let your presence
tamper with my inner quiet
and in between
I have brushed my teeth,
I have boiled water
and asked myself when
I’d speak to you,
I have cooked
and cajoled, I have kissed
and been kissed, only
to find myself thinking
of when I would approach
you, reveal myself, show
you the wounding
from and the longing
for, your friendship,
and in between
I have journaled,
washed dishes, knowing
the time must be soon
and will be of my choosing, or not
and then I slept, deeply-
opened the door at dawn
for my cat who tapped my cheek
with its paw, I did not think
of you then, but returned to the warmth
of my bed. I awoke a second time
to my daughter’s request for food
and knew that today would be the moment
I boiled water for tea and coffee, made
French and ordinary toast, slipped
on my clothes and brushed my teeth
brushed my hair and oiled my face,
I drove, wrote, in the knowing
that the moment is in the seizing
the moment is now or not.
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