So strange that she talks to me— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
and gives me hope that this is not the end
and suddenly the world’s axis finds itself
and my stomach and mind reconcile.
What power over us Love has.
gallagher
10 nov 88 #3
Archive for the ‘Joan’ Category
1988-11-10
Thursday, November 10th, 19881988-12-16
Friday, December 16th, 1988 If you breakup with someone you love it doesn't just go away.
It howls like the wind in a vacuum in the moments you're alone.
If you follow your heart your intellect will complain,
and if you follow your mind your heart will complain
and you will be unhappy.
gallagher
16 dec 88
newport beach
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
1989-01-04
Wednesday, January 4th, 1989Winter always comes.— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Dan told Sharon and me about he and Tiffany
and my heart ached for him.
His first love and pain and loss
and I doubt I’ve learned much
20 years on.
Outside, rain and gray skies.
Inside, somewhere, Joan receeds with a slow ache
and Sharon acends.
Softness and steel, enlightenment and caution.
My futures murmuring … ’89 finds me
unfocused and unsettled
falling in love with a moving target.
She calls out the best in me
but, sometimes, I just want her to hold me
and, sometimes, she does.
gallagher
4 jan 89
san juan capistrano