I never saw
your lyre play.

Not Chesapeake Bay
could make me stay.

I wonder where you
are my love?
I passed away today.

I saw you distant
in the other glove.

I saw you funneled
out of mind.

I waved goodbye.
You laughed
and waved me on.

An angel in
the great beyond.

I see you,
dance towards you.

I laugh in your light.
We dance by candlelight,
in some other time.

Pinned a rose to my lapel.
Lost in the check-out line.
 
 

Jason Wright is the editor and founder of Oddball Magazine. His column appears weekly. His third book, Train of Thought 2: Almost Home is available now at the Oddball Book Store.