March 9,  2021

 

UNDERNEATH

 
When we’re with another, don’t forget
the surprise of the out of sight underneath.
 
I was just wondering about
what I didn’t know about you.
 
Moreover,  I might not see you
again – so I might not find out.

 
I didn’t know what your breakfast
was like this morning. Nope.
 
I don’t know if you’re beginning to feel
your kids have written you off as boring.
 
What’s in the O – in the middle letter
between the G and the d in your God?
 
Any dreams, any nightmares, any
hopes that seem to sliding away?
 
Escape to your inner room, or to the
mountains or the desert – and go underneath

 

 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2021