"Nostalgia" - 11/3/19

 

Today I broke bread with
A man on whom I had a crush

When he was a boy

 

At that time in my life

It was not in our cards 

For me to hold his attention

 

But still I had the good judgement

To know he was kind, funny and

Kindred and I'm sure in a fashion

 

Those qualities set the template
For at least a few beautiful galaxies

Into which I drifted eventually

 

Decades went by we fell out of touch
But he maintained a legendary status
In my family as among the first

 

Unresponsive suns I ever orbited
Heartbreaks from which art granted reprieve
Fears distilled from rejection's feckless grief

 

Reminiscing gleefully about fast times

And social climbs we never took
I listened lovingly to memories

 

Of our collective youth's ache
Reveling in idiosyncrasies
Nostalgia's natural light pouring in

 

Casting soft shadows on
Childhood limbs grasping
Desperately for some semblance of sin