Today I was powerfully reminded of you.
What? Here? Why?
….of a very different time with you
Memories and emotions brought me to a halt.
Was it the early sunlight on an impossibly blue sky?
…we had just accomplished the impossible
I was merely walking into work.
Perhaps, the breeze caressing my cheek?
…we were joyous and expectant
You were never here.
The scent of honeysuckle?
…we were close and drawing closer
This place was not important to us.
The morning birds raucous songs?
…discord had not joined us yet
Fractures re-splintered under these memories.
These moments, so disparate.
…we were so confident and eager
Paused. I stare upward. Alone. Waiting.
This place was not important.
…and those opportunities were lost.