MORE SONGS of the FAR-AWAY GOAT...

I.

One week left. I can wait that long.
And then you'll be at home,
And I will be at peace,
Just gazing on your face, your eyes, your smile.
Come soon, stand close,
Embrace me, man of men,
And hold that moment, though all time may cease.
Let me relax against you.
We'll beguile those hours in bed,
Break bread, begin again,
Find pleasure long before we find release.
If these few steps forecast our future miles,
We're halfway there, if less than one in ten.
Your love these last long months
Gave me new lease on life,
And made me find all life worthwhile.
Just seven days—or six—how can I stand it?
Ah, to have your heart and soul in hand...


II.

Another rainy day, and he's still gone.
But five more days of rain
Will bring him back,
And once he's back,
I know where I will be—
Applying lip to lip and bone to bone.
Right now it feels like all the life I lack
Will shower down when he embraces me.
This loneliness will yield to love alone,
And on its tides life's joys come rushing back.
Though love is blind, it teaches us to see.
Yes, God is love, and I approach that throne
By making love my god.
And here's a fact:
The body lends expression to the soul,
By reaching out to hearts that make us whole.
C