TP Sage (March 24,1958 / Coral Gables, Florida)

I’ll see you
across an endless sea.
You’ll smile
when you sense my stares.
You’ll wonder
if we’ve met before.
We have.
In our restless prayers.

Are you out there
thinking thoughts
like these?
Are you out there
waiting?
Will you know,
like I know now...
that our storms
are soon abating,
that only chance
keeps us apart,
that fate unhindered
binds us.
That eternity
can only start
the moment
time
unwinds us.

You’ll see me
on an empty street.
You’ll pause
till I sense you there.
You’ll wonder
if I’ll come to you.
I will.
In our answered prayers.

Are you out there
thinking thoughts
like these?
Are you out there
waiting?