while i wait for you

today
i listen to the rain
most times so soft
unheard
not so today

today
i watch the invading light
no visible sun
to herald
a new day

today
the coffee smell
drifts across the morning
calling taste buds
to abandon sleep

today
i burn scented candles
window open wide
as i exhale illicit smoke
from a smoke free building

today
i find contrariwise.org
literary tattoos
the wonder of words
skin deep

today
i wonder at the spaces in between
and what they mean
how much we have to learn
our universal insignificance

today
i write these words
which grow within my soul
and live beyond my hand
and i wait for you

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