anything's possible

look closely
in her face
you see a man,
you say
sure.

i can see anyone
but rarely do i assume
it is crazy
what a mind will do
can you
go back, erase him
see her
you didn't choose
but sometimes
truth is a choice
we come upon
like time
over centuries
rocks erode and souls soften

after death is the loss
to our conscious selves
we forgive and then
we forget
a little more, gives
he said, love yourself first
before it hurts a little less

and after all the longing
begotten
foreclosure
erasure
then we can be