Chapter 6: Another Place, Another Time, Another Life

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For Celta Camille Head

Another Place, Another Time, Another Life

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Another Place, Another Time, Another Life

We used to walk
hand-in-hand
at the Botanical Gardens -
in Athens, Georgia,
following the paths.
This was my escape, my other life.
And what I felt
is hard to put into words but I can say
that this...
                this sustained me
(the feelings remained
and existed throughout the upcoming week)
until I could see her again
a week later.

             We lived in different cities.
I lived with abusive parents -
           I suppose I chose this,
I was an adult.

What I felt
                        just to hold her hand
or to hold her in my arms - perhaps there is something else
that I am leaving out... 
maybe it has something to do
with love.  Her love or mine?  Both.

I don't know... maybe because I had not known love -
from anyone, at all, ever, before -
I was 24.

                   Maybe I really didn't believe
that someone could love me
or be so interested in
Me.

These days,
or during the past few years,
I seem to have needed something
more
than just a touch,
to feel anything as intense
                                       as this.

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