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AND THERE SHE WAS

 

“So this desire for another human being

Comes and goes?”

Yes Plato

With the tide.

            “This sense of dread

            If not united?”

            Yes, searching one

            With the tide.

“And in the vacuum

Where the goal eludes?”

We proceed amicably

With patience and hope.

            “And when the goal

            Is not in sight?”

            Adjust your vision

            And see what is visible.

Such pompous answers

From one so fortunate

But what would be the response

From the lonesome hobo

Who dines and thinks and talks alone?

            Oh the pain he must feel –

            Unless some force had lifted the anvil

            That hung from his neck

            Making him see only the ground –

            And exhausted with each step

Then the knot came undone

And the weight tumbled down

And with the strength of one who has suffered

He looked far and straight ahead.

And there she was                                                                                         200710.1