For John Poem by Toni Atchison

(dedicated to John Hamilton, weird friend but true)

I heard your voice last night-
for the first time in almost ten years!
We both got older;
you had a heart attack,
I could only counter
with a recently broken heart.
And as we played catch-up
on our lives and loves,
time fell away quickly.
I love how you
can still make me laugh,
and that goofy giggle you do.
After a four-hour chat
about kids and kin,
one thing I know for sure-
I missed you, my friend.

6-26-08