he has never met me
but I live in his world

this man of small deep spaces

he notices the gaps
that never end

what could be
what wants to be
what needs to be

and he works
always working
toward something

he makes me feel okay
to be unfinished

to age
to become old
and still be
unfinished

to live
to be
to become

part of life’s
grand experiment
that never ends

to work on my own gaps
and be happy