just another minute with you

I hear you speak
  through the distance -
and my heart is lifted
from the pits
  into the clouds....
from utter despair
  into depths of joy....

and I find myself
  on cloud #9....
staring the sun in the face
  as the concrete smile
    embraces my face.

the pain is just a memory now.
your beautiful voice
melted it....
  like an ice cube
in the blaze of a summer sun....
and my soul is consumed
with happiness....
  as secure as steel.

and I find myself
  longing.... hoping....
for just another minute with you.

- Jon Johnston


© Copyright 1998 Jonathan E. Johnston


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