Recollections of Green Robbie

from time to time your memory haunts me



i see your slender body in the water



i feel your arms wrapping my shoulders



i see you connecting with stray dogs



and talking about the world of the dead



i hear your youthful unbroken laughter



at the repeated clinking of my keys falling on the pavement



as we stood chatting at that corner



i sense your words when u told me





how i should feel about my lover



and i conclude:



i m lucky to have had u in my life



i m lucky not to miss u more



i m lucky to have discovered your true nature



i m lucky we both were mysteriously aware that

u were only here for a while...



and i had to pay attention



attention



attention



attention to the wonders and miracles of life.