Finding Peace Poem by Robert Rorabeck

I used to jog around you for seven miles
After four in the morning
While the girl slept I was going with,
Who has been married to a lawyer for the past
Some years:
And I could see the lights on in your patio,
And hear you laughing with so many things,
But I couldn’t stop- I was like a shy firework
Shooting off with you on my brain-
I caracoled that old Florida University seven times,
And Chevy’s of drunken fraternity shadowed
And laughed at me-
I pissed on their tires and told them I would not,
And I thought of girls sunken with conquistadors
Deep in the east,
But finally I gave up and returned scarred to my
Parents’ basement and finally,
Far away from your overcast hemispheres,
From your unending sleeping walking joys,
And your immaculate silhouette,
Running alone, empty with my dogs,
I found peace.