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Second time Around

Category: Poetry/Lyrics

And in the ennui
of a solitary Sunday
realization comes calling,

this is the beginning of how it is;

tentative.
Hindered by constraints
of children, career and distance.

Time shared
measured in hours
that long to become days.

A midweek lunch,
restaurant sparsely populated
and too much cabernet sauvignon.

An engineered afternoon,
spontaneity stifled,
expectation an unwanted bed-fellow.

Phone calls become sporadic,
the forced flame fades to the ash
of another lost opportunity.

This is how it is.