For Lise— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
Somewhere she touched me
and led me new
thru smiles and feelings and honesty.
Now I wait on her smiles
and feel each moment with her
pregnant with the joy
of breaking new ground.
gallagher
14 Dec 1984
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1984-12-14 For Lise
Friday, December 14th, 19841985-02-12
Tuesday, February 12th, 1985 Time moving quicker each day
memories so fresh they make me ache
as they recede ... two years, three?
When does the 'recent' (past tense)
give way to a fixed and remote history?
"Ah, this!", Bhagwan says.
This moment, as those, to cup to our lips
to cherish it all;
the receding past,
the current moment,
and the promised future.
Here, on the razor's edge,
here I must love it all.
And,
if I ache for the past,
I will love the ache
and feel, with passion,
that this is perfect too.
gallagher
12 Feb 1985
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
1985-02-12
Tuesday, February 12th, 1985 Letters wing their way to me,
caresses on paper, friends in words.
The warmth is there
even as the weeks and months roll by.
My mother, friend, lover,
is imperishably and gently expressed.
Like a hand that caresses
or a look that tells.
How good it is we remember...
and how good it is
that 'we' survive.
gallagher
12 feb 85
- upon receipt of Janice's letter.
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —