OnceAgain

After my divorce

When my heart

Turned to ice

God Himself reached

Inside and warmed

It thawing from

The inside out

Once again beating

Once again inspired

Once again loving

Polars

We are opposites

Younger and older

Black and white

Teacher and student

Student and teacher

But like the

Poles north and

South our world

Spins upon us

Wind

Have you noticed

That the biting

Rage of winters

Wind slapping you

Coldly in the

Face often stops

You dead in

Your tracks but

The wind behind

Resting its strong

Hand on your

Back pushes you

Forward this I

Think is how

Love shows up

Unsated

I remember once

Sitting at a

Buffet hungry but

Not really sure

For what so

I sampled a

Bit of this

And some of

That and while

Full I wasn’t

Satisfied until I

Spied that one

Perfect steaming dish

And then just

As I reached

For it someone

Else took the

Last helping leaving

Me hungrier than

I ever was

Before sitting down

I sat patiently

Waiting and hoping

More would arrive

And yet you

You were gone

Lynchpin

Why is it

That the one

Thing that you

Never asked happened

To be the

One thing the

Lynchpin holding everything

Else together snuggly

And then during

The rumble and

Rattle of us

It slipped out

On some dusty

Country road careening

You in one

Direction and me

In the other

Unable to find

That damned pin

We simply stare

At each other

Wondering how do

We ever get

Back to the

Place we were