In a grove
At the end
Of a prairie
Two trees stand
Strong their limbs
Entwined like a
Lovers embrace catching
A secret kiss
Now in October
They take turns
Changing their calico
Canopies from green
To auburn chagrin
Knowing that their
Secret love has
Been captured here
By this scribble
And then from
Afar like a
Flashlight through trees
Or like a
Street lamp through
Dense fog or
Like a beacon
Perched high on
Some craggy cliffs
Your message found
Me taken by
Surprise I answered
Following the light
To someone new
Maybe a rescuer
Maybe a home
Or maybe simply
A light helping
Me to navigate
The craggy cliffs
Called love life
I have learned
In my long
Life that people
Are the soil
From which all
Others grow relationships
Whether they are
Friendly or romantic
Require love to
Grow fear not
Pruning your relationships
For love does
Always sprout eternal
Growing new shoots
Spreading itself out
To the sun
Like a favorite
Song which conjures
The memories of
Past intimate times
When I took
Your hand and
Lifted you from
The chair and
Like a rainbow
Appeared from nowhere
For nothing more
Than to brighten
Your cloudy skies
I pulled you
Close to me
Moving there in
The middle of
Everyone else like
Two heavenly orbs
In the heavens
Dancing the slow
Dance of creation
I remember you
There then now
My dear boy
My purpose in
Your life is
Clear I am
To plant not
To sow I
Am to predict
Where you are
To experience then
Reflect with the
Knowledge that I’ve
Already installed think
Of me as
Nothing more than
A map of
Your adventure of
Which I have
Already lived first
