For A Moment
She spoke through my window
Smile and hair still aglow
“Your poem made me cry”
Didn’t even ask her ‘why’
Maybe she’d been moved
Some little pain removed
Someone’s caring care
Had taken it to bear
For a moment
Or merely felt encouraged
Not to be discouraged
Or maybe just persuaded
To feel cautiously elated
Or maybe just contented
By thoughts I had presented
Or words that I had written
Had left her slightly smitten
For a moment
But suddenly I knew
None of it were true
Never could it be
She and me, me and she…
Red gave way to green
Had to leave the scene
The traffic left behind
Some sadness for my mind
Hard truth in the knowing
That simp-ally bestowing
A poem wrapped in money
Makes me anybody’s Honey
For a moment
******
Old, geriatric rockers… Better than the shit we suffer thru today!
