More Poetry

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.

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