Where Were You?


Where were you
When my heart caught fire?
Blood like lava,
Dreams in tow like a vapor trail.

Word tumbles
From my soul to my tongue,
As a fall of water
In a silver satin veil

I looked into every face.
I listened for a name.
Where were you
When I needed to share?

Tumblers locked.
Vaults opened.
A treasure at my Papermate’s mouth.
Ink shimmering in rarefied air.

Where were you
When my heart caught fire?
Blood like lava.
Tears my only release.

Worlds tumbled
From my grasp into the gloom.
A chaos of second thoughts
Shattering the peace.

I looked into every face.
I listened for a name.
Where were you
When my heart caught fire?
When the pain and the joy
Ignited in the rarefied air?