remnants

remnants of arguments

and surprise appearances,

Sheffield revisited with a

click, a birthday gesture

happiness is anonymous

the way heartache is there

for all to see, but

no one has to guess 

eyes straight forward,

future through a windshield,

calm colors of sunset over

turtles in a familiar lake 

I never stop loving her, even

in the hardest moments

as her beauty runs away,

I can always find it

stay focused they say,

the angels in my head,

I'm a million nows from dying

and we have just begun

home to fluff the pillow

and find the coldest side,

enter sleep's dark tunnel

and hitchhike into a dream