Thanks for last night. <br />For once I awoke and felt whole. <br />Not that we’ll ever be together again <br />Only time holds the answer to that question <br />And time can be so mischievous. <br />There was a certain closure. <br />My giving you your Valentine Poems, <br />Our being able to be comfortable together <br />Joke, laugh and enjoy whatever it is <br />We have together and not feel the bleeding <br />Tenseness’ that always left me empty <br />As I, perhaps more than you, tried to understand <br />And deal with my feelings. <br />There’s a certain honesty about you that I admire <br />On one hand and deplore on the other. <br />It’s you, and it’s one of your most endearing qualities, <br />A quality you have almost to a flaw. <br />Sometimes in our conversation <br />I feel like we’re walking through an English garden <br />And all of a sudden we stop <br />And we’re staring down into a deep abyss <br />Where one step more would mean death. <br />I guess we like taking things to the edge <br />And together standing there <br />Staring into the primordial emptiness that’s life. <br />Is this the basis for a relationship? Perhaps, <br />Who knows….?<br /><br />Robert Leary<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/last-night-83/
