Close Over..................................23

Leaves danced, chances passed.
Others lives, loves, as rivers swept by;
relieved, I slept, kept still:
a muddy puddle
slow seeping into the silt of days.

So, your small step
was a giant leap to me. My spirits, low,
about you rose
like water, the future
clear and bright.

Now, you've walked out of my life
I can't let the ripples close over
this hole no poem fills,
forget you came, yet
nor can I regret
you made life deeper
for having moved me