Archive for the ‘Years’ Category

1986-03-31

Monday, March 31st, 1986
                 I like to look at you, absorbing
                      every detail
                 of your face; the look in your eyes,
                 the lines that form when you smile.
                 And in your voice
                 I hear warmth and clarity;
                      the expression from your soul
                      ringing to the world like a clear bell.
                 Apart, my thoughts fly back to you
                 I see your picture and your letter,
                      and I smile.
                                    3/31 - 4/1/86
                                    Joan

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1986-03-31

Monday, March 31st, 1986
            I'm going deeper, deeper ...
            Becoming immersed in this newness of Us.
            Each new layer we explore brings us closer,
                 intensifies the tune.
            We reach each other
            in so many ways, on so many levels.
            We meet on mental bridges that span experience
            And share inquires of life and living
            We meet in play and laughter
            that deepens our joy.
            And we meet in passions soft and wild
                 each new embrace building both
                 hunger and pleasure.
                                    Joan
                                    3/31 - 4/1/86

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —

1986-04-02

Wednesday, April 2nd, 1986

Doubts, honesties, passions,
and sometimes deep insecurities
riddle these moments.
It’s getting less clear day by day
who I am and what I want.

Joan walks here with me,
a younger trusting spirit
deep springs of wisdom and feeling
in her eyes.

I’m so scarred by so much
that I’ve seen and done.
Sometimes, as I hold her, I wonder
if I’m looking for shelter
from the storm in her love.

And I look at her then and think
that she’s eager to embark
on life’s journey’s
while I’ve just stumbled back
weary and worn.

gallagher
2 april 86

— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —