A Few Notes

A few notes from Bocelli
Is all it takes
To send me back there
To that corner booth.
Making small talk
Around the big subject
Of you,
Your fears,
Your courage.
Self-conscious giggles
Over nine-dollar sandwiches
I pick celery out of my chicken salad
While you sip tea.
We make a plan,
Then everything feels easy,
Right.
Arms linked
We step outside
And stand in the wet twilight.
Hope glimmers in your eyes
For the first time in months.
Music floats over us from inside –
“Per amore,
hai mai speso tutto quanto?”
I have.

You said you owed me the world,
But I knew
You were already beginning to forget.
But don’t worry.
For me,
A few notes is all it takes
To remember where you were
And see how far you’ve come.