Sometimes I manage
formal conversation,
a love letter morning
and evening and afternoon

but most of the time
I rely on the chat window
open between us all day.
I tell you everything.

This month you are near.
Walk with me in the fields.
I want to take your hand
and not let go.

I'm participating again this year in #blogElul, an internet-wide carnival of themed posts aimed at waking the heart and soul before the Days of Awe. (Organized by Ima Bima.) Read #blogElul posts via the Elul tag; last year's posts are now available in print and e-book form as See Me: Elul poems.