On that random Tuesday afternoon

The walls of the world started melting around me
colors dripping, Slip-Sliding,
drowning. 
Imminent death, 
an alarm silently sounding 
somewhere within me.
This was it, my sign to MOVE.
On that random Tuesday afternoon 

I sat at a table, 
Four faces closed in fast, 
trapping me like some sort of feral cat
My instincts told me flee or fight
My purpose had been served
Little did I know he might
Leave this world, so soon
On that random Tuesday afternoon 

“No matter what happens, I’ll love you forever.“
He pleaded to my eyes 
As we stood in the garden’s 

sleepy dusky light 
He saw my soul, while most looked through 
Even when he reached for the wrong…
Sugar and soup.
On that random Tuesday afternoon 

Some days time and softness lingered
paint smudged nose and dried on fingers
He’d come to me in dreams
and knew I saw him, too
Whispered softly in my ear, “I dream of you”.
He showed me beauty, how to be alive
aware he was closer to the other side 
We watched the birds sing their tune
On that random Tuesday afternoon 

I suppose it was only one week later
It happened so swiftly
I couldn’t be there 
I dreamed his name was no longer on his door.
Where we stood close just a while before.
I heard the news like a knife 
The same day of my dream is when he passed into new life 
This too was a gift, I would learn soon 
On that random Tuesday afternoon.