Head of the Charles

My
love
called
me
on the riverbank
as
the sky
trickled
tiny tears

He Didn't Remember

We began an email
interchange
my
produce prince
and
I

Though
he
slightly
befuddled about
just why
I'd approached
him in what
he thought
such a random way

I remembered

He forgot

We'd been
dinner partners
decades -
a life time
before

I was
21
at most

I thought
he was 44

I remember
we had
dinner

I spent
most of it
worrying
about
how
our
evening
would
end

Though
I wasn't
inexperienced
I worried
about
what I'd
do with a
mature man

Silly fool
all
that I recall
after
that
was making
some excuse
to get home
to my apartment
alone

No wonder
he forgot

In
retrospect
I regret
and
don't

Who
would've
thought
we'd be
where
we are now?

One In A Million

jo©


I love ma bebe
and
he loves me

We found
each other
again
after a false start
about 25 years ago

He always calls
the
rebirth of
our relationship
a magnificent coincidence

We stumbled across one another
in the produce section
of our local grocery store

I wondered what
he'd been doing for
the last two decades or so

Gave him my web address
and
our aborted relationship
was reborn

He has been my rock
giving to me
in exceptional ways

Ways that
should be available
to all
but seldom are

We were
both
in the
right
place
at
the right time

I love you
so much
my darling

Only He Knows Where This Belongs

jo©

Not Ready To Be Found Yet

Ma bebe

Il est present toujours
he lives
in my heart
and
my head

He is
my center
my ground

He has
seen me
through trials
most men
would
run
from

That's the
prime
between us
our gaps
equate
our strength

We mesh
together
as
one
hand
folds
into
the
other

By
magnificent
coincidence
we
came to
each other
right
on
time

jo© Believe