Dawns

It is 5:20 am and first light,
I lie in bed my last rehab
Morning as I go home to
My son’s apt for ten days
Then to California to live
Where at this moment it
Dawns on me she is asleep
At 2:15 am at night.
I cannot text and wake her.
Hard to juggle so many time
Zones to text talk video chat.
We have done this since last Fall
As friends then good friends then
As lovers unmet then met,
Now we will be what
We call partners
For lack of a
Better kind
Of name.
We will
Share
Our
Lives together
Happy with each other.
We each keep a bit
Of protective
Pessimism
Though
It has
Worn
Thin
With anticipation.