Jolly acrobat

Because I have to peer through

the stargazer to discover a new planet.

Because I have to go to the garage.

Because I have to read all the attachments

of the daily newspaper.

So many reasons, so many excuses not

to stand still, not to sit still.

At the kitchen table for example.

But this morning I am gripped like

a reluctant child and placed on a chair

to see the sunlight sliding over

the whole grain bread like a jocular alpinist.

To see my thoughts dancing

on the piece of cheese like jolly acrobats.

The collected time pours coffee

in my cup and start to wonder why I do 

not run, hide, work or look back,

I see her sitting next to me.

'May I introduce myself?'  she says

and smiles like the daughter of Aphrodite.

'I am your Love,' she explains.

Speechless with disbelief I crumble a biscuit.

'My Love?' I repeat hoarsely.

And just when I want to convince her

that this is a ridiculous way of reasoning

and I cannot except her attendance

because of lack of scientific information

she takes my fleshy hands

and leads me to the stargazer.

'Look, look, the planet you just discovered,'

she clarifies with a funny accent.

'That's where I'm coming from.'