In Between

those moments we cannot capture...

We were reading words to one another,

Playing music back

and forth, dedications too intense

for a jukebox dime,

 

We were

telling stories, breathing in the past

 and exhaling at long last,

 

We lingered quietly in

 the pause between

sentence and song,

 

We laughed through the enamel,

gritting our teeth

at dawn, wishing for one more night

Long

after I was gone, I would come back

to walk down your street, if only

to take myself back into that state, beyond

 the manicured lawns dividing

apartment complexes

 

Wishing once again, you would let me back in,

just for that moment when every lyric,

every poetic stanza defined

can be described only by that fleeting moment from

moonlight cab ride exits,

tip-toeing upstairs

to lucky number Five unlocking doors,

when shoes fall to the side of the hall,

and Persian cushions serve as a floor level seat

Hours pass within minutes

and a lifetime can drift in seconds…

 

Reviews

[little lily Bride of Ch..]

Thought i would come in look at your work since you took a peek at mine Very Beautiful piece of work you did here i posted a new a poem also

[Kenny L. Mitchell]

Much strength and ingtelligence are envisioned through your words. There is a depth that penetrates likes the sun at dawn. Rippling across the horizon my vision is impaired by wondrous colors your personify. In other words...beautiful work!

[cest la vie]

This is a number one stunner..
beautiful.. your delivery just reached into my core.. mighty fine writing here.

[Jibey]

Painful again in its sweet remembrances... so beautifully conjured up like a film that is replayed and shows again its detail but also its emotion...

[James Paulin]

How intimate, sensitive and romantic. I enjoyed this poetic story in many ways as the emotion flowed palpably from beginning to end.