dinner tonight
shrimp scampi, wild rice
and a side of steamed baby carrots
 

served and displayed upon
mothers china
with a glass of crisp chardonnay
 

I sat at the table
and looked across
at the empty table setting
 

remembering a time
there had once been
dinner conversation
 

I thought of Einstein
and time relativity
if you traveled into space
 

when you returned
everything you previously knew
would have continued on
 

while you yourself
would return to
right where you took off
 

I raised my glass
and gave a toast
to the empty table setting
 

destiny did you wait for me
because I am now here
waiting patiently