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I turn my back
feign indifference
and you make that sound ... that warm sound
that says, with a lilt FAR more convincing than words

"I love you ... I've missed you so"
it's been years, and I've wondered a thousand times
does she miss me, too?
do I dance in the depth of her dreams

or visit her momentary thoughts
in the quiet corners of the day?
does she search other sparkling eyes
for the soul-shimmer of mine?

now ... you're here, beside me and real as rain
and all melts away ...
years, walls, language, and our separate sojourns
half a world distant

as with all the parcels of truth
love is transcendent ... empyrean
laid bare and beyond difference
as visceral as the genes that separate us

and I think of how extraordinary and precious, our bond
how pure and simple and intricate, this feeling
how surely affection breaches the distance ... in a bound
human ...

and gorilla.







* For Dian Fossey, may she rest in peace *

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Becca Teagan

Date: 10/13/2018 5:03:00 PM

oh my! An unexpected twist at the end! Very clever, and nicely penned!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/30/2018 1:44:00 AM

That's very sweet of you, Becca, thank you so very much for visiting my page! Blessings, Dear Poet! :-) <3

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/11/2018 6:13:00 PM

wow, the ending was so unexpected, Greg . I really like this one. She was an amazing pioneer in her field who did so much to bring understanding of another species to our world.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/11/2018 10:57:00 PM

Indeed, she was, though she made enemies, sadly ... she had extraordinary commitment and courage. And thank you so much, Buddy, I'm pleased you like it! :-) <3

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/11/2018 6:13:00 PM

Is this the poem you told me about?

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 10/11/2018 10:54:00 PM

One of them, the other is called "Avaricious" ...