ten

Ten years 
is a decade 
seems a long time
is a tenth of a century 
is a crawling long time
is gone in a flash and scenes are as scathingly fresh as they were on that day.
how can it be that long since he left us?

No more words today. I can only reiterate.

When in Rome

seems I can't escape

the need to tell you

what it all means

but then I've not quite got it yet

so here we are again

same place, different time

trying to pin it down

and failing gloriously

but isn't Rome about glory?

and don't all roads lead here?

grand avenues, twisting alleys

boulevards on which you simply must be seen

so here we are again

thought we were going away from it

when we were in Rome

things made sense, somehow

I strike out in new directions

running madly anywhere else

but wait, around the corner,

is that Rome up ahead?

so here we are again

and I know you're waiting

as I look down a road

wondering if it leads, finally, out

August 2006