That's Life

THAT’S LIFE The inevitable love Attraction! Karmic puzzle Ultra dimensional mix Whatever helpless speculation decides to name it She suddenly appears Nothing dazzling at first The chain has to form link by link - Each subtle, magnetizing situation Each inexorable bringing together Oh! The seeming bind is not only mine (I tell myself) Her links, too, seem strong How they shine The train rattles on for days - Rattling on for weeks, months! Until…finally, the pitch! – Words stuttering clumsily off the tongue – Body tight Appearance almost withdrawn Restless hands and feet Was it anger? Defensive? The way she looked off, Mind distant Fancying some alien location And now My small voice within, again Warning Trying fruitlessly to soothe Reiterating the (somehow) known impossibility all along