is knowing
what you can do
for as long as
you can do
it
other writing
when least expected
always
when least
expected
opportunity comes
calling
upsetting
the present
confusing
the future
rekindling
the past
the very thing
sometimes
the very thing
we wish
to avoid
is the very thing
we need
to confront
here waiting
the book
finished
the glass
empty
the night
passing
into morning
here
waiting
a new day
good morning
the sun shaded
by clouds
the air cool
on skin
the cat curious
of the crow
who hops
on the railing
to say good morning
as we sit
on the balcony
this day
into your heart
whisper
my name
in
dark rooms
let
me sink
into
your heart
your smile
you smile
like a child
a summer morning
no school
all day play
ice cream
and chocolate bars
life waiting
your smile
like gulls
like gulls
crying out
gliding soaring
around the buildings
always returning
to rest
by the sea
like my thoughts
seeking attention
circling spinning
inside my head
always settling
to linger
on you
on baseball
and still
the wonder
the hope
each time
up at bat
that wind
there’s that wind
that wind
restless outside
the window the door
yearning turning
that wind
that wind
inside of me
Leonard Durso 