Devotion Poem, Unspoken

DEVOTION POEM 5, “Unspoken” ***** (for Jim Eslinger) Young and new to each other, There was always too much to say. Glancing around in restaurants, we’d notice What so many friends remarked on when seeing Those older couples staring at their water goblets Or their fingers and never conversing — Not a breath spent one to the other... Thus, we swore, we’d never ever be like that. Until now, we are as the telepathy of time Often does story — full with unspoken exchanges And kindnesses, like when I want more coffee And Jim has signaled a waiter before I signaled him, Or there are things regarding our surroundings: The commotion and din; notes about raindrops; And the phases of the moon; points of quality; Jabs of conflict; moments of pain; and expressions Of known love. Thus so, our lives joined are Evermore outside of dictionaries and essays, Even overtopping poems. We speak in being: Together. ———————————————————— (c) sally Young Eslinger 8/2020 Thanks be to God