Double

I thought I saw you and LK, Roosting, as it were.  But what does someone look like 20 years later?  Does that same spectral agency that called out "beauty", spirit and name still have effect?  I think it hovers and waits for those who are now what we were then.  I think those initiates respond on social media - in the glare of ring lights and pith. Not us.  Past it.  

Would I know you if I saw you by happenstance and would you know me?  Does it even matter?

I kept looking intently.  I was noticed.  I couldn't be sure.  I felt old, tired and past making a fuss or gambit.  This will pass for something like propriety, I thought.  I finished my wrap and left the Roost with one last unmet glance.

Twenty years.  The madness is gone for the most part.  It was replaced by mistakes, pain and surviving into an age something like success.  Or at least acceptance.

On quiet nights I hear that old self conscious consciousness with throaty, papery recitations.  I think of you, wondering if it still speaks to you so many miles and years and experiences away.

As always, my best of hopes to you.