winter spring
summer fall
weather notwithstanding
come
other writing
those eyes
it’s the eyes
that stay
with you
there in the night
no matter how long
ago how far
away
those eyes
of all those lost
to the years
stay with you
there
in the night
open book
she was
an open book
just not the book
I was reading
a logic
if but so
three little words
when used with clauses
with sentences
in that order
predicate a logic
to follow
difficult to refute
taking the lead from Paul Eluard: within dreams: for Anas Azkoul
memory stirs
within dreams
and we walk
in houses
long lost
to the past
with ghosts
of those we loved
still love
in dreams
and upon waking
walking in houses
today
from a line by Wei Ying-wu: one step taken: for Lina
there the distance
so far from here
this old heart
is weary
of roads of sails
of wings of rails
yet one step
taken
before this heart
turns away
another purpose
there’s wisdom
in books
life experience
adventure escape
worlds to explore
all by reading them
but sometimes
they serve another purpose
important too
of clobbering
some bully
on the head
whatever lies ahead
you shouldn’t go backward
on these roads
of life
just forward
regardless of potholes
toward whatever future
lies ahead
what’s not important
deleting photos
emptying boxes
discarding files
not obliviating the past
just eliminating
what’s not important
to keep
from a line by Niu Shi-chi
remember always
she said
as she floated
over land
only looking back
to say
always be tender
with the grass
as I am
to you
Leonard Durso 