Portal

In a dream, you could do that. Hug someone you haven't seen in years without crying.You could feel like you still lived in your old bedroom. You could go back to before likenothing, like magic, like the reverse of water down the drain.

I wish I could have said what I wanted to then, but I was trying to hold back the windfrom my cheeks. The minute stretches long then time splits me into colors. Suspendedin time, we spin leaves before they hit the ground. Let's dance in front of the garage!Let's catch the frogs and the leaves and the neighbor's dog called Muffin. He sings inthe yard to the cat called Cookie to come on home in a low melodic tone.

Time ain't nothing anyway, just dirt on the rug. You can brush it out of the way with aneyelash, out of the way with a word. You can visit me somewhere impossible and grandbut I'll look for you in the dining room, at the cherrywood table, Sunday at three. Youknow which chair, behind the hedges. I'll leave the garden light on for you. I'll wait aslong as I need to. The land demands us as we were. Innocent, loving, magnolia petalsoft, pine pungent. Resilient like air.