the poetry knook :: the poetry of stephen m. james :: indianapolis, indiana » second_guessing http://www.tpkpoetry.com the poetry of stephen m. james Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:04:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 Hearing your thoughts http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/hearing-your-thoughts/ http://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/hearing-your-thoughts/#comments Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 To only breathe you in like a novel concluding sigh–
morning air– a clear breath after congested years.
Hearing your thoughts at day’s end,
for months,
hearing your thoughts at week’s end,
four months, it’s agonizing.
I smell my hand after a citrus soap wash:
second-guessing I was holding you
and you just said goodbye, it’s agonizing.

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