Taking Ron’s truck home— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Capture these days
The desert sun and the indian miles
Durango, Flagstaff … the San Luis Valley
All the hours Kathi and I talked and made love
The evenings there in other cities
The day we bussed across southern Colorado
and walked thru Colorado Springs
and, finally, the flight from Denver
and the rocky mountain’s massive lines
Ron and Sally’s trailer, Kathi and I, and they
the easy friendship and how, smoking grass,
I saw Kathi’s spirit shine so clearly
Hugh Prather’s book, we read …
across the Arizona desert
in the Durango motel
and in the Trailways bus
oblivious to those around us
Dinners and smiles in Flagstaff
making love driving … and atop Wolf Creek pass
Sunshine hours and days pressed, living,
between the beginning and end of our journey
Here on the ground again, with Colorado just four hours old
it all seems forever distant
But here the impress of Kathi’s spirit remains
with its honesty and passion and intelligence
and, most of all, with its free standing love.
gallagher
Long Beach – about Kathi K. & I going to
Colorado
06-13-78
Archive for June, 1978
1978-06-13 Taking Rons truck home
Tuesday, June 13th, 19781978-06-14 KK and Colorado
Wednesday, June 14th, 1978KK and Colorado— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
What changed with her in the mountains?
her spirit and candor spoke straight to me
until I could resist no more
and now her eyes mean something to me.
How strange … does love create its own reflection?
no matter, its right … I miss her love.
How could I not love this woman?
Strong and open, intelligence and thoughtful,
loving and needing love, independent and fair,
she’s a wonder of a human being ….
The more I see into her … the more I see
every question squarely dealt with and answered
every emotion lived … not hidden ….
But I suppose, most of all, its her love,
her love that she gives so freely,
that I need most and least understand.
I hope she doesn’t find me lacking
as she dances her heart into mine.
gallagher
Long Beach – about Kathi K.
06-14-78
1978-06-15
Thursday, June 15th, 1978Its a waiting game I feel myself living— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
I’m always waiting, my heart’s unforgiving
and the days pass ever so slowly now.
I wake up at three in the morning
thoughts of Rose and my heart’s hole yawning
thinking about all the ways that she loved me
and waiting … ever waiting for love’s return
After work in the evening’s sunshine
I’m driving home to an uneasy waiting time
and these empty afternoons, Lord, they get so long
every moment alone is an agony
I’ve got my son and he waits … he waits with me
for love to find me and make my heart whole
Between the wine and the mornings I wake up at three
I live at work so the waiting won’t bother me.
but sometime, sometime you’ve got to go home
Three women I know that that love and treasure me …
and when they’re here my waiting’s free
but the time they give me is all they can
they all belong to other men
So between these hours of love and the working days
I wait … and wait …
for the waiting to go away.
gallagher
15 jun 78