The negatives and positives
In the battery
What do they say

C H A R G E

The negatives and positives
In the battery
Poles                          Apart  

    Say what ....

Time to **R E S T A R T

IT IS ALWAYS
BETTER
TO LOSE
YOUR PRIDE
OVER
YOUR FRIEND

BECAUSE PRIDE
CAN'T BE YOUR FRIEND
YET A FRIEND
IS A PRIDE

Today I discovered
What I already knew
That our friendship will go
Only as far as our memories can carry it
Which is kind of sad really
Because I cannot
Will not
Should not
Anymore
Adjust even just an inch for you

Sometimes I see and feel
a whole poem
in my mind
all at one time

like a painting
a landscape of alluring
colors
and
form
a star-filled ebony sky
a perfectly formed blossom

or a spectacular instant

a burst of lightning
vehement rumbling of thunder
the fleeting glimpse of a rainbow

a moment of inexpressible
joy and love...

a child's delighted laughter
a new mother's glow
white-haired lovers walking
hand-in-hand

but...

I can't seem to take it apart
and name the pieces.

The fragments are dandelion seeds
blown to the wind
once scattered
not retrievable.

But the feeling they present
as they float freely about
is worth letting them go.