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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Transference
My only short story. I made the attempt!
Street lights reveal
a quieter time of night
With few passers by,
clicking their heels on worn pavement
The view from my window limits the site
of life around the corner
Under the street lamp
there stands a handsome young man
Turning his head slowly side to side
he seems to be waiting on someone
These images have me waking more
and wondering about this stranger
Dressed to the 9's
with jet black hair, standing straight and tall
He turns his head slowly
with each clicking sound upon the pavement
I imagine, for a moment
that maybe it's me he's waiting for
As my senses stir from sleep
a faint sound of blues comes from around the corner
A local club
offering great background music for my visual wanderings
And a cool breeze blows my long, wavy hair
just off my face for a better view
Out of the corner of my eye
I see something white and flowing
This handsome stranger
turns his head toward this bright distraction.
I'm also tempted to turn
wondering about this glimpse of white.
But I am still, as he turns his head sharply
toward the view in the corner of my eye.
I couldn't move
as if a flash of bright light had just fallen upon me
It was the piercing glow of his eyes
which captivated me in that moment
It must have been the street lamp above
illuminating his beautiful face
His whole body seemed to glow
as he smiled in a way I have never seen before
Now the splash of white,
from the corner of my eye, is in full view
The source of his brightly lit face
was not the lamp after all
But a beautiful and graceful woman
in a white dress that flowed with the breeze
He touched her face softly
her arms rose gently and then laid upon his shoulders.
They stood there gazing at each other
for what seemed like days
Leaning in for a kiss
tears began to flow down my face
I see now that It wasn't me he was waiting for
Or was it?
How deeply I feel their love, as if it were my own.
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