I ache for love …— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
for its absence …
for the hole its left
here in the silent spaces deep inside …
where I am … where I wait
Kathi said she wanted to love …
that it had been so long … too long
but my ache hadn’t been deep enough yet to hear her
when she spoke the truth
now I know that I’m crying too, deep inside …
for all the needs I’ve tried to hide
and now her words talk to me …
I remember how she said them …
I hear her, oh Lord, you know I do …
the same spirit cries there as mine …
she’s got strength to spare, I know …
but she still cries … for love, for more
but what can we do here, this life is so complex …
it seems to go on and on
its no longer enough just to love …
freedom comes within us too …
and we need to learn to understand …
that trust is so much more
than the touches we might bestow on another’s skin …
or the things we could say to them
I feel her love like warm whiskey exploding in my stomach …
flushed with the flow … I feel myself going over …
my feelings begin to grow.
gallagher
6-25-78 – about Kathi K.
long beach
Archive for the ‘People’ Category
1978-06-25
Sunday, June 25th, 19781978-06-26
Monday, June 26th, 1978Passages where I’m alone and free— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
and my skin still tingles from someone’s hands
poignant time … as I think of her
how she was here and the hours were removed
but day breaks and its all new again
and she’s gone and waiting comes again to me
I wait for her … her hands and eyes to free me
from this feeling that alone is less
I understand now no more of my heart
I walk down between my feelings grown tall now
its beyond me to try an figure out now
I feel … just feel, let it sweep me
I know I’m looking for love that I can bear
and that can bear me
until then … these passages will do
let’s be real
gallagher
26 jun 78
1978-06-29
Thursday, June 29th, 1978I never knew that I could— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
love two women at once
brown eyes, both…and both Kathys
each so different in all the tangibles
and yet, both so essentially real
in those spaces behind our looks
and our touches
Does either of them take from the other?
I don’t compare…I just feel
I don’t judge…I just care
I’m not sure how it will work
but I’ll continue to love both of them
Love and life…they get so rich sometimes
I just want my skin to burst warm
and radiate thanks in all directions
thank you, life.
gallagher
29 june 78