A noisy restaurant Listen Focus Beyond the dishes The music

What if one day I wasn’t there for you? And you were left needing me If I wasn’t there When you woke up

I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized

Long and slender Her every movement Deliberate and graceful Composed as She listens quietly

A fresh faced country girl Who pioneers on her bicycle Catches the eye Of a transplant from Houston Love begins through letters

If I could draw a tree In all it’s complexity Would you be impressed? If I could draw a human face It would be but a trace

Bags full of diapers Cars waiting in line Smell coming from the load Ashamed it was mine He noticed my insulin pump