Time for another poem! This time the assignment was to write about a significant person. See if you can guess what “person” I chose! (;
At Four Years Old I Found a Friend
When I let myself in
from [the] cold [light]
[of] 3am stars
with an empty chest
and a doubting mind,
[your] reassurance
is silent and warm
and your tolerance
for my heavy forehead
against yours
is admirable.
Your unspoken
intelligence
and steady [memory]
almost make me glad
you can’t repeat
what I tell you.
I can’t imagine
what you’d say if
you [could] speak,
but it’s lucky for me
that you’re an
unmatched listener
with a bed time
as late as mine.
I [never] thought
that in the [fade] of winter
I’d miss finding
dog hair
on all my clothes.