things

...that hold you
in tiny spells;
like poetry,

pictures,

or even fluid silences,

- time too, then

or love-

no, nothing as romantic

as you dream up;

just maybe, thoughts

that make your heart go funny.

does beauty do that

to you, ever?

cease everything

in you,

in wonderment;

the beauty of words,

of red ink,

of something dreamed

a thousand miles away,

reaching out to you?
does it?

- well, you do