Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
Theophany
Nathaniel Lachenmeyer
Theophany
any dawn now
I may come upon you
yet I am confident
as I round again
the last familiar curve
on the rocky path
down to the river
to watch the mist
clear and of course the birds
there is always
satisfaction to be found
in watching birds
that is something I think
you might say if you exist
when we finally meet
you whom I have always
known by your absence
just as you they say
have known me in mine
and I will reply I have
had that thought as well
and then if time permits
you are I swear it just
as welcome as anyone
to stand with me
and watch the birds
skim across the mist
one more time
until both
until everything is gone
Nathaniel Lachenmeyer is a disabled author of books for children and adults. His first book, The Outsider, which takes as its subject his late father’s struggles with schizophrenia and homelessness, was published by Broadway Books. Nathaniel has forthcoming/recently published poems with The American Poetry Review, Poetry International Online, North Dakota Quarterly, Blue Unicorn, F(r)iction, Epiphany, and DIAGRAM. Nathaniel lives outside Atlanta with his family. Find him at NathanielLachenmeyer.com.
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