there are times when no words come

a flush comes to the senses

never knowing why

a reminder in a flower unable to recall

familiarity in a setting

escapes into an oncoming breeze

times when the mind is a tabula rasa 

unencumbered by the days' trivialities

storm clouds may pepper the sky 

yet hold no forbearance, only empty space

a robin is lost in a song

yet falls upon silent ears

a butterfly draws drams from the colored vases

escapes unnoticed into the horizon  

a thousand grains of sand in time dance in the wind

settle in meaning where i cannot grasp

then you walk into the room

my eyes leap, heart races

my body comes to life, clarity of mind

i only needed my every reason

that makes life dance within me

in a ballet possessed with meaning

and that my beloved is exercising the prose

letting my soul lay upon your feet

where the deepest of our love resides

i am because you are

Abilene   4/18