outside in

outside in outside the children are pirouettes of sunlight swirling in a ballet of imprecise leaps squealing in the slippery game of tag under the drizzle of a summer sprinkler and this spontaneous joy is just enough just enough to show that life unfolds all there is from the inside out outside she sits beside him on a park bench and unwraps the waxed paper from all their years together to offer him half a sandwich he needs no more and this shared moment is just enough just enough to show that life unfolds all there is from the inside out inside i hear you dreaming then waking alone and your girlish giggle chides me for being apart so far from your arms but when i return to you in the rumpled bed each whispered kiss is just enough just enough to show that love enfolds all there is from the outside in Copyright © Kennedy James, 2010. All rights reserved.