strangers
by Elouise
trembling
eyes meet
breathless
time stops
eternity hangs
balanced
frozen
watching
weighing
*
© Elouise Renich Fraser, 15 April 2015
Photo: Elouise Renich Fraser, July 2012, taken from car window
near Garden of the Gods, Colorado
Dear Elouise, when I was in college, once a month Father Bischoff, the Jesuit Campus ministry priest, would have any student interested come to his home at 6 AM. We would then drive to a park while dew drops still hung from leaves and the ground was still moist. I first saw a spider web with drops on it, and the spider at the webs center; an experience that was beautiful and yet fearful because I did not know if this spider was poisonous However, the park was known for its free roaming deer. I had never encountered an uncaged deer in my life, and when I saw one, your words in the poem describe exactly what I felt. I am ambivalent about “touching” your poetic words out of fear that the “is-ness” of your words would collapse and the deer would flee!
Thank you, Elouise, for your words . . . Laju
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Thank you, Laju, for this wonderful memory and comment. You’re most welcome.
Elouise
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Not much of a haiku writer, but –
Moving, darting, traffic
Car impacted, whiplash
Life extinguished
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Yes. Cars are dangerous to wildlife. Cameras seek to know and remember. Thanks, Meg.
Elouise
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Thank You for Being such a Blessing in my Life. Though I may not get round as often as I might like to, I Truly Appreciate YOU
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You’re so welcome, Morgan. Thank you for your kind words. I don’t get around as often as I’d like, either, sadly. But I always find something to love and to cheer me on in your posts.
Elouise
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Short and sweet. Just how I like it. 🙂
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🙂
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