Turn the Page 

(Paul Gallagher November 22, 2017) ©

No excuses, I blew it and I hear you, Babe

I love your smile, helps me stay brave

Our book is so big, can you and I turn a page?

Snowflake patterns on the coffee shop window  

Inside a velvet glow of cinnamon and mistletoe

Our hands wrapped around the decorated mugs 

Our eyes locked on the cappuccino art

You bite your lip; and your eyes sound the alarm

 “You didn’t call me; I feel like an apostrophe”

Flash .... I see the world end                 

Flash....My mind is an 

Overturned cup 

I forgot you’re my friend

Tiger here is fear 

Showing up

Together we’re more than we see 

Thank you for 

Reminding me 

You are right, I was wrong,                                                                                                   

Tell me all about it,                                                                                        

What’s going on?

Twinkling lights and pine wreaths permeate the room

Our pocket corner is away from the Christmas tunes 

I pass you the sugar and you send over the cream

Without even trying our fingers meet

You look at me and then at your sleeve 

 “Could you be on time, for once; is that too much?”

Flash .... I see the world end                 

Flash....My mind is an 

Overturned cup 

I forgot you’re my friend

Tiger here is fear 

Showing up

Together we’re more than we see 

Thank you for 

Reminding me 

You are right, I was wrong,                                                                                                   

Tell me all about it,                                                                                        

What’s going on?

No excuses, I blew it and I hear you, Babe

I love your smile, helps me stay brave

Our book is so big, can you and I turn a page?