across the room a

mighty release of the tension pent up

inside the mind over hours of

staying as even-keel as possible

touring the little kingdom

among the final rays of the last days

kitchen is preparing

every morsel of a long afternoon

stays with you when you never had anything like it

evidence of a much harder time and place

cut from the way others avoid

under the radar of a final choice

roped into a donation of effort

ending friendships until their evolution moves on

dedicated to you and what my mind concludes