Tuesday, January 22, 2013

I remember the moment

I remember the moment I knew you knew my heart,
 when finally I perceived the plainness of your phosphorescent shine,
                                                                          how till then,
                                                                                   I'd
                                                                                     disguised it; shoved it up my sleeve,
                                                                                                       thinking you wouldn't see .
  I
made a maze, hard for you to follow - or so I thought. 
 But you packed up supplies and started trudging
                                            through bricked off conversation.  
You saw the end.
                                                                                    Each

giveaway.
                                                                                            I was the one who 
                                                                                              was lost,
thinking it was all fun and  games.
                                                                                                                                   So, you waited, biding so much time while I traced meaning, lavished language
      and worried I wasn't able.  
Stone-blind to the
                oh-so-
                obvious. 
 In the business of creating the beau ideal,
                       I said too little.  I said too much.
But so much more
                                 than a well-wisher, you picked up my call.  
When did I fall?
                                                       It was a delightfully rangy plunge.
Maybe that day driving, talking miles, smiles, gabbling seeds.  Or when lights glittered in my house and I laughed.  Or when you were up for it
  and it was clear I couldn't lose, cause you were right there
             waiting for your turn.
Somewhere in the merrymaking and the 
       elsewhere fireworks, I met you where you were but the
                         first day of the
                                               end began and
                                                             after

that,
 I knew, too.
  I needed quiet so you gave me calm.  I came with nothing but not too late because that night or day, that one is where I circled and where I write.


6 comments:

  1. "Somewhere in the merrymaking and the
    elsewhere fireworks, I met you where you were but the
    first day of the
    end began"


    Perfect.

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  2. "...bricked off conversations." Great visual pictures throughout this piece!

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  3. That's just lovely, all the way through. I love how it turns and comes to the place that seems inevitable in the end.

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  4. Wonderful job using the imagery of the stone and bricks throughout this piece!

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  5. "I made a maze for you to follow - or so I thought."

    Loved this line.

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  6. "the plainness of your phosphorescent shine"

    that is a wonderful bit of tension there.

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