I've been missing you so much
but only after sunset
when my mind turns to evening concerns
and I leave my work behind
all the spirits of the night gather about me
expressing their cloying powers to my mind
distracting me from duty and daily issues
as twilight shimmers among the clouds
and I hope
pray
for the rain
you love
to bathe me
parched
in this desiccated land
the soil and I cry out to the heavens
to bring forth life again
while the lilies fade
and the bougainvillea rest between bloomings
as do my musings
about you during sunlit hours
when I escape the memory of your music
and concentrate on my path, intensely
as I must during this season
a halting moment of quietude and aloneness
an interim
while they await the gods to enrich their fullness
once again
overshadowed by earth's satellite
heavy with its reflection of the sun
stillness fills me
and the air
is covered with the promise of moisture
and the kiss of forgotten warmth
your words travel to meet me
rubbing against my consciousness
like some hungry kitten
seeking my attention  

02/09/2008

Author's Note: [From the collection, "Breakfast with a Stranger."]

Posted on 02/09/2008
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