NoMoreNextTimes

And in this

Lifetime after a

Long line of

Lifetimes that have

Dotted history’s landscape

Like tiny snags

In an angora

Sweater I have

Been charged with

A simple task

To meet those

Souls that I

Have loved before

Accept them as

They now are

And remind them

Like a child

That recently tumbled

Of what we

Have been and

Who they are

And tell them

With bittersweet love

That this isn’t

The first time

But will definitely

Be the last

Time we will

Ever be together

Known as the

Souls great breakup

Never to be

Another next time

HopeIsAFridayNight

Like the wished

Upon rain after

Months of dryness

Even a brief

Respite to drought

Is enough to

Renew my hope

Prompting me to

Sharpen my tools

Select my seeds

Hitch my horses

And head to

The bar on

A Friday night

Specks

If two people

Are meant to

Meet by destiny

Neither the world

Nor the universe

Is big enough

To keep them

Apart there is

Simply no vastness

Large enough to

Keep these particles

Apart specks they

May be but

It was specks

That created everything

Else we know

And accept now

To be true

Pairing

And there we

Sat aging gathering

Dust waiting for

Our turn me

In a humidor

And you on

A shelf sometimes

Picked up studied

But always placed

Back to wait

Neither of us

Knowing each other

Until one snowy

December night when

We met you

Silky slightly tart

Hinting of pepper

Easy on tongue

A highland malt

And me robust

Smoky with hints

Of oak and

Acorn a maduro

And finally meeting

On the sideboard

My ash gray

Your bottle half

Empty thoroughly enjoyed

MostImportant

Make me the

Most important one

Not the first

One or the

Last one not

The nightly one

Or the sneaky

One or the

Coveted one or

The one that

Got away one

Make me the

Most important one

Arrange me highest

In your bouquet

The call that

You take the

Letter that you

Open tossing aside

All the others

Make me be

The fish you

Name in the

Pond and please

Make me be

The only one

Most important one