Company

unwritten words visit
we sit for coffee
chocolate cake
we spin a slice
of mystery
a word or two
between
casual remarks
to children weaving
worlds nearby
a moment arrives
i recognize
its mesmerizing
gaze
lean in to hear
tuck my legs
beneath me
bow before a lighted altar
i breathe
into
each syllable
sweat
in silent exertion
minutes fly
hours
alone again
i stretch up
pull my arms
together
breathe out
a heavy sigh
gaze past winter
outside my window
listen for a telling
time here spent
i
climb
through
a
small
opening
back
into
my
life