Connections

Friends and lovers, past and present

Where do they come from, where do they go

We were one

Giggling together in warm sunlight

Dressing outrageously

Expressing what we considered

Our own personal term

Joi de vivre

Laughter, joy in living, freedom

You in a big red coat

Gabriel in Far from the Madding Crowd

Me wrapped in an autumn orange shawl

The way we are

Separated by years and oceans

Yet somewhere in that much discussed fifth dimension

Lies our time together

Me twirling around an electric pole

Waiting for the skylab to fall

Smoking in dark Chinese restaurants

Speeding rickshaw rides

Watch how they speed into the past

Perpetual endless window shopping

For books, make up, purses, clothes, jewelry

Involvement with passers-by, shared jokes

Hot soup on cold winter days

Running across the crowded intersection in the monsoon

Questioning ourselves, our goals, our existence

Over hot tea and fritters

The food became part of us and we are part of?

All that we have known and experienced.

 

 

 

I looked at them in envy and wonder

He was slender and energetic

She was diminutive with eyes that sparkled

And an infectious laugh

They held hands, danced together, went for long rides

Romantic dinners and moonlit boat rides

I sat alone on the terrace

Longing for love and romance

Roses and candlelit dinners

A knight in shining armor to come revving up my driveway

I saw you throw away your cigarette and walk through the gate

You brought me poetry, music. Flowers, romance

Was it a thousand and one yesterdays ago?

When was it? I do not remember when we met.

How? Where?

Ask me today why we held hands then

Over the sacred fire of the gas stove

We made tea and performed secret wedding ceremonies

We walked through many sunshine days

Before we got the same address

Did you know how funny it felt to know

An argument later

That we were in love?