Connection

CROSSINGS

for samantha 

Some have said that you never know

what may happen when one turns a corner in life

maybe dead ends

maybe possibilities,

close your eyes and all is clear or all is mist

risk in the misstep, breathe and be calm,

I look up from my drink and listen

to you share of crossings and journals and darkened days

have I been here before? yes and yes

yes we’ve swam in the dark seas of tears

yes, in some forgotten dream I’ve met you

we’ve smiled.

But here our hours cross, living in an instant of clarity

and interest, introverts with voices

that lend a lense to our history,

how we’ve journeyed and come to these two bar stools tonight

documenting those paths with pen and paper and silence

and sometimes the loneliness of travel

along expansive roads

skies

seas.