Pausing, Discerning, Unearthing

Pausing

Discerning

Unearthing

Insecurities winning

As the room keeps spinning

No

No

Not for long.

You’re not like him.

You’re not her.

With you,

my trust need not quiver.

Homestead?

Homecoming.

How hardly

I remember anything troubling.

Lilac frames

Sweet absence of games

My spring escape,

Earning my touch

And demanding my gaze.

Homestead eyes

And homecoming highs

Country corners

Remain nearby.

You said

Want to come to the post office,

With me?

Homestead eyes

My homecoming prize

Not a moment

left to criticize

Pausing

Discerning

Unearthing

Intentions?

No longer self-serving.

No longer unnerving.

Only kind

Only reinforcing.

Is this what it means

to just be?

Oh, baby

I’ve already committed

this moment

to memory.