Middle (for Javian)

And like the

Start of one

Thing and the

End of another

Like the warmth

Of summer meeting

The crisp fall

Or the blanket

Of leaves comforted

By snow we

Have met here

In the middle

Of everything else

FutureEverything (for Javian)

And then when

Hope seems lost

A hand reaches

Down and turns

Up your chin

And there smiling

Down upon you

Is your future

Like a bright

Sun breaking through

The leaves of

Despair bathing you

In the light

Of another day

Turn towards its

Smiling face knowing

You are alive

Time

Oh don’t you

Know that it

Takes time for

A bulb to

Become a blossom

Or an acorn

To spread its

Canopy so why

Do we insist

That anything including

Love is immediate

Plant the seeds

Of curiosity water

Them with affection

And after time

A bouquet appears

PickPocket

And while standing

In a crowd

You brushed against

Me by accident

Noticed but brief

Cautious and concerned

I checked for

My wallet but

Discovered that the

Only thing that

You stole was

Simply my heart

SnowFlake (for Javian)

And then there

Right before the

Holiday I stood

On my street

Head turned upwards

On that cold

Dark day mouth

Opened awaiting that

First landing of

A snowflake on

My tongue that

Is what meeting

You was like

Just for me