Return To the Highland Mist

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 *

animallanguagelovememorialnaturefree verse

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Becca Teagan

October 13, 2018 at 5:03 PM

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

Gregory Richard Barden

October 30, 2018 at 1:44 AM

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

Andrea Dietrich

October 11, 2018 at 6:13 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

October 11, 2018 at 10:57 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