A day like any other

just the usual din of traffic

I can hear from my office

off the freeway that is 50 yards away

due west.

Acting class is well underway

A wonderful scene from the movie

“Breaking Up” between Brandon and Jenna

has just been performed beautifully

A bright spot in my otherwise dreary day

Maybe my influence as an acting coach

is taken seriously and students aren’t

wasting their time

Then, the outside door opens

and like a brilliant beam of light

a celestial apparition,

You entered the room.

My heart raced, my pulse quickened

and I was concerned others

could see on my face

what was happening in my heart

And as I was drinking you in

with all my senses….

… you vanished, as quickly

and mysteriously as you had entered

Had you really been there at all?

Have you so consumed my heart

that I now hallucinate about you?

I sit and ponder…

Is that all I have left of you

A memory? A thought?

An image of you in my mind?

An imprint of you in my heart?

Am I never to see you and

enjoy your angelic presence again?

…I sit and stare at the place

I imagined you to have been

and sadly…wonder.

The students have left

and I alone remain

to listen to the din of traffic

from the freeway

just 50 yards away

due west.