Cantos for G

As you have become

more present in my life

you are less in my longing

and more in my being;

the poems of separation and desire

transformed to poems

of skin and smile and touch.

I make the brackets and such of wood

to install the $2 wall-mount lamp

I got at the thrift store

for your side of the bed

when you are here studying;

I text you a picture and you return

a heart-eyed emoji.

It’s my eyes that are full of hearts.

[note: both these were modified and incorporated into 17 Verses for 4]