3/6/86
Yes, Dennis
I'm waiting for you to call
I think you'd like to know that
But how much shall I say?
You're very verbal and I like it,
But if I say too much,
Are you going to take a few steps back?
I think this because ... I wonder
if you're the type who likes to be
in control?
Are you the kind that gets uneasy
when you're not calling the shots?
After all, if someone gets close by their
own choice,
they can always back away;
they're controling the closeness
But if someone ELSE leads it ...
then THEY are "in control".
I'm not worried.
Just wondering.
It's not like I'm contemplating
throwing myself at you!
I feel a fondness and affection
and much interest in your mind
I like your company
And am hoping you'll remain
a friend to me (on one level or another)
Joan
6 Mar 86
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Archive for the ‘Places’ Category
1986-03-06 3/6/86
Thursday, March 6th, 19861986-03-08
Saturday, March 8th, 1986A few days away from everyone— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —
and, finally, some perspective.
It’s becoming clear I want to become
platonic with Rose for both our sakes
and it’s clear also
that Joan’s idea of going slow is good.
Rose and I will never be
what the other’s looking for
and Joan and I or anyone else
can never succeed
unless I can approach love
in a centered way.
I’ve fallen into Joan so quickly
and felt her presence so strongly.
What about just me, alone …
no Rose, no Joan, no Lise.
Just me, centered, happy, and optimistic
and realistic.
That’s someone worth sharing with another.
gallagher
8 mar 86
1986-03-10
Monday, March 10th, 1986
Like a tear in the sky
that lets heaven come shining through
I opened up today
and nothing could hide the flame I felt.
Deep joy burning my heart down.
I went for a run, music in my ears,
God's creation in my eyes
and a deep feeling filling me
that I was tapped into something deeper
than the everyday shows.
Sometimes, like a lens, I just come focused.
Like a crystal, when the light comes on through,
I am for a moment showered with grace and clarity.
Full of the conjunction of my will
and my life and God's purpose.
As if all the warm hands of love and meaning
have come at once to press me
and I to feel through them
the fabric of life.
gallagher
10 Mar 86
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