~Thoughts at 3AM~

They have walked with me

through love and tears,

through my younger

turbulent years,

when I tried to climb

the Ivy, looking for the Wall,

when I cried myself awake

one long and war-torn Fall....

Sara's "song" meant poetry

and her words mean much to me

She wrote

"I thought I had forgotten

but it all came back again..."

simple rhymes

so often echoing mine

and my relationships with men.

Rod's been there

since my first love

and is still with me

now that I am on the far side of time

His sensuality, his prose and rhyme

still touch this broken

heart of mine

At night, I read the Bible,

Love Songs, and Stanyan Street

all of the characters

I would love to meet...

I have stored their words

in the cupboard of my "when"

When I look back from the now

to the then,

All the words so

true and sweet

keep me company

again, and again and again.

© Christina 3-06

For Sara Teasdale, and Rod McKuen.

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