Unfolding

I kissed you first

Drunken and in public

My youth was apparent

Mostly in my boldness

And you drove and drove and drove

Where unto I’d never know

Untie your shoelaces

Fumbling heart races

Now that I know you I fear unknowing you, resisting

Temptations to hide my birthmark, my pride

It grows and grows and grows

In your absence still I find the seeds you sowed

It grows and grows and grows

Empty headed, filled with agitation

Lizzie brings us breakfast you walk the dog

She shows me levitation

You were as old as I am now

How could you know so many words I still can’t spell

Yet your letter still comes

Like the last great hidden novel

It unfolds

Unfolds

Unfolds

Where unto I’d never know

All arms and legs trying to grow

It grows and grows and grows

Unfolds

Unfolds

Unfolds