SamadhiMuse

         Emptiness walks within me where she was
           and the days have become like months.

         Last night I went to her for rest
           but I lay open beside her to no avail.

         Something's gone, and I'm not sure what...
           some of it is my dominance of her,
         and some of it is the loss
           of my certainty of her regard,
         and some of it is my choice
           to avoid such rest stops,
         and some is my emotions
           blocking my vision of what it was
              that brought me here.

         It all will pass with time,
           says my reason,
              screams my mind....

                              gallagher
                              10 apr 75

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

                          Projection

               I asked her
                 wasn't our love clearer for the absences
                 and our moments together, sharper...

               And she said, "No",
                 that she had always loved me
                 without reservation.

                                 gallagher
                                 21 apr 75

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

               Say it clear...
                 what you've seen in her eyes
                    just a dream of yourself.

               Feel her hands make you melt
                 touch her skin, feel her tense.

                 you are love, becoming her sense
               Becoming love, we will soar.

                              gallagher
                              27 apr 75

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —