P. Ferguson image, September 2021.
There You Are My Only One
Once there was a lonely bear
Who stepped outside his dim lit lair
Just to go…somewhere
Bear puttered to Nearby Stream
To see outlook inside a dream
And closed his eyes amidst the green
The noise in the day…sometimes too, the night…toss and turn of things to do – between this land and continent. Hours of wondering…texts and calls…Skype and Zoom…Drifting between things… finding the day’s amusement – of someone’s arrival not so long ago but longer ago than we might admit. My best friend you are…here to care…here to be…but sometimes oh so far away.
P. Ferguson image, September 2021.
But rabbit sat beside the shore
Bear had not seen this before
Here along…but heretofore
Rabbit asked as rabbits can
How come too glum the rabbit began
And bear confused…you understand
We make it work…finding blue rabbits and beeping bears. Finding one amusement in the British Museum to bring it home one Christmas year (December 2014)…and then letting you know its for you to find her mate…same venue…different year (March 2017)…we make it work.
R. Ferguson image, September 2021.
No one ever asked him this
Outside here amidst the mist
Where bears and rabbits co-exist
Two creatures found each this day
Then chose to dance the night away
Unaware of different kind…they love…they play
Endless showings of this day’s work…wondering what is, what if, what id? Wizards and dragons…crystal squirrels and weeping Buddhas…running mice and golf balls too and don’t forget the just for fun. There you are my only one…so near to your special day…so far apart…this my heartfelt gift…tranquility amidst the noise…bears and rabbits forever.
P. Ferguson image, September 2021.
Happy Birthday my special friend!