quarry

here's one i wrote specifically for a reading at a friend's book opening party.  the book is about a way of living centered around experimentation and learning.

quarry

he is always one step ahead of me
one blink of an eye better
i have chased him across continents
across oceans
and across decades

every time i think i have him
i burst into a room to find
it is empty
except, sometimes, the smallest clue
pointing me in a direction

when i finally do catch him
it will not be because he stumbled
but rather because i have changed
watching, guessing, learning, until finally one day
i know him so well, i can almost feel his thoughts
i can anticipate his next move

i jump ahead of him, this will be the day at last
i step out from the shadows and stare into his eyes
the shock, so alike, he and i
in finding him, i have lost myself

which is the also moment that i realize that he too is chasing someone
a better version of himself
more generous, more loving, and always just out of reach
someone i would have never have had the skills to catch
until now

 

Comments

[Carlos]

Michael, we need more of your writings, please try to write more often.

[rene diebenkorn]

I love the last few lines!

Great work!