For Bob Dylan on his birthday

Guru devotion

Being such a fan
of actual physical love

all these years
I -off and on
flirted with the idea
of loving an entity
a spirit
a physical person- but removed
out of reach
in-accessible
by reason of distance
or taboo

Love of another nature.

to simply gaze on an image of the Beloved's face
brings overwhelming joy
the sound of the Beloved's voice
is heart breaking.

I could not imagine
a love like this without conclusion
then I realized that is how I feel
about you.