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.