I write because it makes me feel like someone is listening,

- or am I finally listening to myself...

If life was a flutter
of the wings of a butterfly
and love was the mutter
of feelings both here,
and gone by

If sadness was a kiss
on my trembling cheek
and lies were a snake's hiss,
from a barbed tonge
it speaks

If remembrance held my hand,
comforted me through the sorry nights
and if silence were a flicker
a watching angel
keeping on the lights

If my love for you could walk
it would run faster than any cheetah
and if your trust could talk
it would embrace me,
grow deeper,

If time stood more than
and caressed all that is true,
and if I am only but a man
and you are my life

well for that

I thank you.

as summer
lopes
with days
more doggy
than ever

it seems
keen sight
has given way

to acute hearing
of things

like a clock ticking
and putting down

bottom
to the soundtrack
of my life

and when i hear
my cat's meow
and see the red

yellow green
pop and flash
behind my eyes

outstanding

I tell him
as he limps
on his clubfoot

by me
into the haze
of this magic afternoon

Whit Howland © 2020

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