9/17

I know you feel isolated, and encourage you to contemplate

Times and places that you have felt most fulfilled, outside the circle

Of you and Jack.

A friend's wise words, left on the desk these long months,

Only recently do I feel capable of contemplating past the sphere

Of we two.

Past the morass of loss, beyond the dreams we had,

To let them rest in a place held within, to sustain the drive

Of me alone.