Encourage me and I will not forget you.

#4 ONE MOMENT, PLEASE

Passing voices blend
legs swish across the street
and heels pop
laughter crossing
snatches of shared lunch
chats
and rising echoes
roll
cut and join
across my plate.
But one moment, please,
beyond all that familiar
from inside
one word spoken in
your sweet voice
might inject a ray of sunshine down
sparkling
into my heart.