Mike Bayles

Day between Days

by

Mike Bayles

          The day between quests came bittersweet,

          sweet memories of the past calling me back,

          bitter realities driving me forward,

          knowing yet not knowing

          what was left to face.

          It was the people lost,

          shared ventures and pain,

          but when wasn't there pain

          at every junction of life?

          Every day tasks soothed,

          when given time to reflect.

         Defrosting my freezer disrupted

         my apartment, and I left

          to search for another vision.

          I took photos of a nearby river

          and talked with strangers

          to find another part of me,

          when something inside was dying

          and something living inside stirred

          an essence unknown,

          and I took pause for a moment,

          sweet, sad and joyful, all at once.