A Sympathetic Resonance
(for Slim)
When your partner pulled his sister close
you felt the pain in the embrace
and sorrow drew across your face
its tightening seam.
A fine-tuned instrument
will wake and sound
when its harmonic likeness
is struck
or bowed,
so will a fine-tuned heart resound
in sympathetic resonance
to a fond heart calling.
It is a private antiphon,
scored for two voices
in unison.
You've many words for love and loss
–you'll make him listen, by and by.
But for tonight you will stand watch
with a soft, peripheral eye,
drop his shoulder with a touch,
rein in long legs
to match his stride.
