FOR TINA
Your visit again today
brief surprise
sunflower dazzle
in the foreground
of my busy life.
Mountains beyond
willingly unfocus
for the sheer pressure
of you….
Thank you
for the flowers,
wind swept hillsides,
distances,
bright blue skies,
brief awayness
from all that holds me here.
And yet
there always will be
spaces and freedom
Sunflowers come and go
Focuses rearrange
Mountain slopes and heights –
Things that must be there
But I shall await again
The next surprise
the sunflower splash
before my eyes
And we will share
yet again
the “blessing”
we have become
to each other….
(1.7. 98)