She Now Came Back by Tom Squitieri
(May 22, 2020, in From Whispers To Roars)
The calendar cackles
As if charting a day
A week, months
Can substitute
For a dearth of
Radiance
She went away
Faint becomes dim
Creativity gets
Impatient
Dreams dither
With her
Spring would come
Frequently
Each Sunday
To light the burn of
summer
Moments
When she would
say yes
Being a magic
And powerful fusion
Scientists only dream about
There are no
Complicated formulas
To rack
She is the unending
Energy
Today, dawn
Cracked a smile
murmured
Look how the sun
Is shining today
Today, when you
Sleep alone far away
You rolled on
Your side and looked
My way
As only you can
The fresh rain
Smell
returned
