By randi
Date: 24 June 1998

Intrusion

A knock on the door,
you enter, shattering my morning
of silence and coffee, and no children.
(nicotine patch unopened next to my ciggarettes)
Any other day I would be happy to
see you, but today I am not so sure.
I come to you and
smile, try so hard
to act happy to see you.
(ciggarettes now hidden, but the smoke
of the guilty circles above my head)

I (reluctantly) close up my day
of silence, shut out
all thoughts of solitude
and surrender myself
to you (after brushing my teeth).
You accept my invitation
and accompany me
out of my self induced seclusion
where I take your hand,(much bigger than mine) and suddenly
realize (without any hesitation)
I am really happy to see you.
    (Please know that I do love you, now, always and forever)


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