December, January, and February— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Someday, perhaps, she’ll be by
wanting to settle into the patterns
of this life.
Until then, she can never ‘just see me’.
It always has to ‘mean’ something,
be something, go somewhere.
I’m sorry, Kathy.
With you I’ve never understood why
just love and friendship weren’t enough.
So today, once again, we part.
We drop our sexual magic
and this friendship that tried
to transcend the years
and the marriages and the lovers.
gallagher
19 Feb 86
raining in Irvine and Hawiian gardens
Archive for 1986
1986-02-19
Wednesday, February 19th, 19861986-02-19
Wednesday, February 19th, 1986People won’t be with others— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
unless the others can give them something
and yet we have a built-in need
to be with others that won’t let us rest
so we resist compromise and the terror of aloneness
at once
and tell ourselves so many
stories along the way.
gallagher
19 Feb 86 #2
1986-02-20 Joan
Thursday, February 20th, 1986 Joan
We talk of the need to drop needing
and yet we're so happy to see each other.
I can hear those soft wings, again.
gallagher
20 Feb 86
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —