I wanted my spice
having for far too 
long considered myself bland 
easy to chew easier 
to digest and low
on almost everything else 
but I wasn’t bland
I was an herb 
a compliment a tickle 
a delicate addition to 
almost everything where I 
was added a subtlety 
and yes even sometimes 
an afterthought but coming
after and to the 
rescue is the one 
thing most people remember 
and even more cherish
and keep as secret 

I can see him 
here there and everywhere 
that I’ve ever been 
but when I approach 
he quietly slips away 
my someone into a 
sea of someone else’s 
leaving me to search 
excuse me sir I’m 
sorry sir didn’t mean 
to disturb you sir 
I’ve never found that 
twinkle of surprised recognition 
not once never ever 
and now I’ve stopped 
recognizing the one face 
in almost every crowd 
content in the knowledge 
that when not if
he will see me 

I knew then
right then there
what I was 
meant to be 
a great explorer 
for as I
traced the lines
of your palm
as it rested 
upon my leg
I knew where 
you had been 
what you had 
touched and every 
single other hand 
you had held

Deciding to not 
rather than do 
often does provide 
possibilities before unseen
doing the same 
results in same 
and doing different 
causes new freshness 
try something new 
try anything new 
a different way 
to walk a
different route to 
work a different 
outfit to wear 
be your different 
and therein discover 
your different things