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how i miss you
though our paths
crossed all too
briefly after
years of
individual
pursuits.

you had gone
your way;
i mine.
how much i lost,
oblivious to
the possibility that
time was not
limitless.

we were robbed
of the window
into the soul
where memories
are exchanged,
wispy clouds that dreams
are made or caught,
no invitation to
search each other’s
eyes for glimmers
of truth.

your words were
silken—
each flowing syllable
filled with
curiosity,
celebration,
vibrancy.
they were
soothing
as salve, even
when life’s
hallelujahs
were broken.

was life as
effortless as
the enticing
dishes you
prepared with
seeming ease
day after day?

was the
whimsical
smile
that blessed
your friends
and sons
and wee ones
as carefree
as we thought?

what were
the fractures
you hid
so well—
those cracks
that let
the light
in?
might
they have
become
exquisite
golden
veins—even
more luminous
in their
repair?

did you
sense the
frailty, the
finality
as you
watched
frosty breath
plume before
you while
capturing
shimmering hues
at sunrise
that brooding,
crisp morning?

should we have
known, were
there signs,
could we have
beckoned—
each from
our distant
places on
this troubled
globe?

we cannot know now—
how could we have then?

we are among those
left to carry on—
reluctantly
remaining here—
each of us
given the task
of picking up
one small
shard of
jagged,
gleaming
glass which
casts light
upon the path
that could
still feel your
footsteps,
had you not left us
too soon.