SamadhiMuse

            Ever more cryptic this grows
            “We entertain each other” and
            “I’ll do it all”.
            The girl’s so complex in her thoughts
            I cannot find my place
            she’s got a dowery, she wants a man
            she craves understanding, her words are soft as sand
            she dances blindly and poses if she can
            she speaks directly but never touches land
            The process passes understanding,
            resolve it if you can…
            I wait a sign from her,
            uncertain where I stand
            the decisions are all interlocked
            shall I sit or shall I stand?
                              gallagher
                              aug 30, 78

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

      So all the confusion has come to this
      that she lies sedated in some mental hospital
      so beautiful…so intelligent…and incredibly, flawed.
      Her house would’ve been too much tonight
      to stay there with Sharon and Gary.
      Every wall, every object saying,
      ‘she saw me as clearly as you,
      she ordered me, she arranged me, she cared for me…’
      I helped in her disassembly…for all her intelligence,
      she just wasn’t made for for normal human stresses.
      I was going to be strong, conservative, fight for my needs.
      But hers, so immediate, just pushed her over some edge
      when they were not immediately fulfilled
      God, I ache for her…I love her
      the part that was unflawed
         was more than anyone I’ve known.
                                 gallagher
                                 september 01, 78

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —