I see traffic on
Crowded streets
A world away
From where you are
A world away
From where
I wish I were
To say hello
And see that
Smile that
Photographs
With a look
Not quite
Ready to laugh
Promising
A possibility
With arched brow
And Wisps of color
– Honey and light
Dancing playfully
In my mind
I think I am
Ten minutes away
From seeing you
How can you be
So close while
I am so far
Away?
This perverse
Dance twirls
In my mind
Like a tango
Made insane
By a beat
That only
I can hear.
Warm water
Sun-filled days
Starlit nights
May I –
Have this dance?
Say hello?
Take your hand?
Buy you dinner?
Would you recognize
Me from across
A crowed room
If I materialized
Ten minutes away
From where you
Are right now?
Would you know me
Or would I be a
Stranger on the beach
While your mind
Is occupied
With someone else
Closer than ten minutes
And a world away
From where you are
Right now I can
Only gaze at pictures
As my mind grows
More insane by the
Minutes that separate
Where you are from
Where I am and
Where . . .
I want to be
In your mind
In your heart
And only . . .
Ten minutes
Away from my
Last first kiss.
Insanity –
Foolish
Wonderful
Beautiful
Insanity.