SHIPS THAT PASS
LXXXIX.
Perhaps we have all experienced passing someone we enjoyed, but it was only that once; then the person was gone and we were on our way away. We never forgot, remembering and wondering what happened to the person, perhaps regretting that the encounter was indeed like ships which passed in the night. Or perhaps it wasn't finished; we may have found each other again somewhere . . .
A few moments
In my life
Are truly precious,
Their glint and glow
As fleeting
As the sparkle
Of a distant star,
Their source
As real.
As near,
As far.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
What is it now?
Vaporizing or solidifying,
Heating or cooling,
Expanding or contracting?
What - - now?
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
Right then I needed it
And you were there.
I miss the song of your voice,
The expression of your face,
The music of your soul.
Though then it set mine free.
Though
I had to go,
I still miss your music,
The timeless gift
It gave me.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
You are Earth for me,
My temporary home,
Asking not
Eternal loyalty,
Content to be
Sustainment
While we need it.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
We'll have to fly someday,
When ready, when it is done.
But I'm glad our wings
Are merely stumps today.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
When you are following
Your own star,
There are no charts,
For it's a first.
Where you are
Is here and now
But moves ahead
On silken tracks
To fill its thirst,
To reach its destiny.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
You know what you need.
I'm happy to provide it,
Even if it is my absence.
I want for you no harm.
If my presence hurts you,
I will withhold it till you ask.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
I need not cling to me,
How much less,
To you.
This does not surprise,
Nor does it distress.
Renewal is the prize.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
I watch,
Entranced,
The bird
Take flight
As wings begin to widen.
And in the quiet
Hours of night,
Their sounds
Caress my ears,
Assuring me
He's safe.
It is my best reward.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
If it is not
What I wish it to be,
Yet it is
What it is
And I am grateful.
Possibly
I'm free
For a new beginning.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
I almost loved you
As a woman loves a man,
But timing was not right.
So I did not.
Instead
I loved you in memory
As one loves a person from afar;
A different kind of love,
Without substance, beginning or end.
You will never know the fullness
Of a love I almost was,
Nor will I know yours.
______© Nellieanna H. Hay
