Soul

The brush of your father’s beard

When he tucked you in at night

Diving downhill with your neighbors

(Grass in your mouth)

On a garbage bag slip-and-slide

Making up a story with your brother until 2 a.m.

Laughing

Laughing

Not wanting to fall asleep

Finding something you thought you lost

Talking

Listening

Stories about you, and I felt it

Stories about me, and you felt it

Stories

A silent nod from your mom

She knows you’re right

Sleeping in a lawn chair on a summer night

See the stars wrap around the world

A beer can on dewed grass

Making an over the head catch

Catching a fish

The bite pulls you down

Just

A

Touch

And back

Gone

Losing a fish

Passing a pond and seeing ripples

The fish are feeding

Leaving ripples

Each one touching the other touching the

Ripples

Each on touching the other

Soul