The Guest and Mr. G

By M. Allan Thompson •
I DON’T REMEMBER WHEN MY GAZE FIRST FELL ON HER
MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPRING, NO SUMMER...NO FALL?
YET MY FIRST AND LAST VISION ARE NOT A BLUR
AS MY MIND EACH DAY RELIVES OUR FIRST CALL.
THE MONTHS STORM BY LIKE A LEAF CAUGHT IN A RAIN-FED STREAM
HER CASUAL, SOME SAY INDIFFERENT ELEGANCE, STILL MESMERIZES ME!
I KNOW I SHALL NEVER CEASE TO DREAM
THOUGH SHE IS GONE, A VICTIM OF HER RESTLESS SPIRIT EVER SO FREE.
MY DAILEY VIGIL DICTATES I STARE OUT IN HOPES SHE WILL REAPPEAR
THOUGH I KNOW NOW, AND KNEW THEN, THE CERTAINTY THAT
SHE WOULD ONE DAY, WITHOUT THOUGHT, CAST ME ASIDE AND DISAPPEAR;
OH, SO ALOOF, SO INCREDIBILTY INDIFFERENT TO MY LONGING COMMITMENT-AS ONE EXPECTS FROM A STRAY CAT!