You are my quiet obsession. A mist

of mirror and memory that I return to

in my mind (heart) - that warm, vague

shadow I cling to: when my true world

stagnates, bores my senses. I call you

from that place of tedium . . .

know the faster heartbeat, breathless gasp,

flood of memories will surge to lift me

past today, this place -- stable and solid.

Your voice on the phone --

a bright, hot, rushing wind that carries

me up and away to other places.