Friday, August 1, 2008

147x365 - Trudy

arrival meant that room-lighting smile
meant someone glad to see me

meant smoke break, papers aside
chance to catch up, plans, her kids.

when I quit, she was the one to hold me
let unforeseen grief pivot, tumble, be caught.

2 comments:

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

let unforeseen grief pivot, tumble, be caught.

Beautiful line!

Bev Sykes said...

How wonderful to have a friend like this. Beautifully expressed.