Walking In Chicago (Thinking of You)
So many steps you have taken
So many lanes you have run
I have followed you here too late
only to wrestle with memories absent
Brick walls echo my song
trying to brighten the morning gloom
The clatter of trucks and trains
drown out my pitiful wail
Through gardens of lavender and sage
past silent fountains and groves
Morning light finds active patrols
residents on their early watch
Treading paths behind them all
thinking that their footfalls follow yours
Gulls wander in aimless patterns
searching for what others leave behind
Whispering in remembrance
of your generosity and flair
Purchasing each breath with a sigh
Seeing each stone through your eyes
Wanting to see your expression
at each new discovery...hoping
I keep the pace steady to meet the present
The past cannot supplant my obligations
Distances are real but the heart travels further
Still searching for that captive moment
Seeing you pass in a shop window
Industrious and steady of gait
Sparing a smile for the aged,
a grimace for those bent on dysfunction
Could your have passed this way?
Could I have felt it somehow?
Time looms against me
Reality calls me back from where I long to be
Walking silently in your footsteps
Seeing you just step ahead.
Copyright © Matthew Hees | Year Posted 2006
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