In a baby doll dress

In a baby doll dress

And thrift store red converse

On your gravel driveway

The two of us diverse

There with the peeling paint

We did not try to fix

Each other or explain

How we weren’t in the mix

Simplicity and grace

Simplicity and grace

Words and heart not apart

A summer drink to toast

In the winter of depart

All that remained was love

And an ask here and now

I wanted to share time

But did not control how

Moving ahead quickly

Moving ahead quickly

Landscape rushing in leaps

Little unknowns leading

To larger unknown deeps

Purpose is self-propel

No monarchs to be with

Habitat these worn shoes

Learning the living pith

I dream for your dreams and

I dream for your dreams and

Hope for your hopes as well

No invitation made

Our hearts are made to swell

We can wallow in woes

Share worries and wonder

Be happy for happy

Without stealing thunder

Not seeing the planets

Not seeing the planets

Saturn has moved along

Rainclouds have made their peace

Winds are no longer strong

Who makes wishes when dark

Clouds stall across the sky

The pendulum and gong

Action or standing by

A reminiscent rain

A reminiscent rain

The few lines memorized 

Of a conversation 

That cannot be revised

Soft rain recollections 

How we vowed but instead

Happiness is a choice

The words I left unsaid

In late days of tango

In late days of tango

Eyes still in their embrace

Understanding and full

Linear face to face

Yet we are both spinning

Because we are attune

Like the Earth turning and

At the same time the moon