THE DORMER ROOM.....07.07.2011......Barbara H..........

           It was her time

         off by herself with few knowing,

        "accept," she said to a few close friends

         and of course, family, "I need the time,

         I want to be alone, don't try to phone."

         So they didn't, and off she went.

         To a place not far but far enough

         she paid the rent and thrilled to the

         scent of the woods nearby, the water

         rushing in a cool brook near and the

         sun as warming as any friends smile

         she knew her adventure would last

         just a while, but who knew, maybe

         longer, and as she slept in her dormer

         room and awoke with the sun and

         even once, to a full wafer moon,

         she thrilled but the missing still

         filled her center.

         How long, she wondered, could his

         memory stay, his face stay clear

         in her mind this way,

         how long could the sound of his

         voice stay to taunt, things about

         him remain to haunt, like ghostly

         flavors her heart could still taste

         and she thought maybe the leaving

         was in her, the great waste.

         She pondered while abed in her

         dormer room, all safe and warm

         just room for one,

         wrote in her journal while still not

         dressed as his naked memory on

         her mind still pressed and she smiled

         but knew he was wrong and although

         his words, her music, together made song

         it was not or never would be their love

         forever, just not to be....

         She bathed in the brook, patted dry

         walked the steps to the cottage,

         more steps to the eaves, sat by her 

         window combing her hair, listened

         to the quiet......then some familiar

         sound broke her reverie

         and she looked

         down to see him standing there.......

         throwing kisses, smiling

         beguiling

         still kissing

         held a placard printed

         "missing"

         and then another marked

         "found!"

        and she went running down!

        07.07.2011

         Barbara H.