If you look for me
I will be in the rays of sun
close to your heart
far from the mix of emotion
cause of so much pain in me.
If you look for me
I will be running through the
ocean waves basking in the coldness
sinking into my bones as I am
unaware of the chill it brings.
If you look for me
I will be sitting very still
in the tall grass
awash in dandelions
everywhere
trying to decide whether to leave
or stay.
If I look for you
When this day is done,
I shall find you on the path of Life
searching for the fork in the road,
the one you will go down-without me.
If I look for you, I hope to find you,
some months or years since,
alive in this whirlwind world of ours;
I hope to find you happy-
I hope to find you on a merry-go-round.
And when we are old, I will find you,
you will find me.
I hope we may say to one another:
"I have changed somebody's world."
And we will come back together
to return to the beginning of
the circle where we all began-
so many years ago.
-sjf '92