Ben's Poem, "IN PRIVAT"

IN PRIVAT by Bennett Campbell Ferguson

To my dear adventuring paramour

And my sensational partner in crime

I write to tell you I loved you.

Cool logic warns, “Away you fly!”

But there is hazier, quieter voice inside

Though I would never let it overwhelm.

For me?  I’ll take the sleek embrace

Of new days, new people free and here.

But I still want you to know

I loved you

In green tunnels, morning trains, blue worlds

Rife with our names.

I cannot pretend to not be bitter or sad

On my Christmas doorstep, those feelings linger

But telling both of you I loved you?

I see the star-me rise

Because I love

And light becomes me