There you are again, face up
staring at me from the table,
sword bared, gleaming,
ocean themed artwork, a shark
curves its body around your edges
while you lay in the past influence position
of the Celtic Cross layout,
halfway through someone else’s reading
I happened to catch,
feeling a little uneasy about listening in
(is that rude?)
but there was a small crowd
so I let my curiosity feed.

This may be a stupid question, but
do you believe in synchronicity?
Because I’m thinking of a girl
in a phases of the moon shirt,
a former classmate whose photograph
crossed my eyes not long ago
carrying a memory–possibly fabricated–
of kindness in a time of night
to pierce my heart like a sword
’cause I need something like that again.
She seems like she’d be into this sort of thing, but
I don’t know…

Anyway, I’m getting distracted
because I’m also wondering,
can you multitask?
Like, clearly you have something to say
to the one receiving the reading
but did you know I was going to be there
with my mind wrapped by the idea
of exploring your world
so you chose to reveal yourself
to me as well, to draw me
closer in to you?

I don’t know if I’m ready
to dive into my own reading
and I’m kind of glad the reader decided
not to offer.

Still, I wonder if you
would have more to say to me.
I found you at the workplace,
but my questions extend so much further.
Do you see into the night surrounding?
What would you say in the light of a full moon?
Would you encourage some risk-taking,
in more ways than one?
It’d be difficult for me to give myself
to what remains umproven to me
because I can’t take many more falls.
Still, I stand at this crossroads
looking both ways, wondering
what really do I have left to lose?