Mauerbauertraurigkeit

He sat there
Talking with friends
That did everything
They could
To keep his attention

Five feet away
But as far reaching
As the Atlantic
Between the US
And the UK

In silence
He listened carefully
But in his mind
He ran quickly
In another direction

Trying to forget
The idiosyncrasies
That allowed her
To pierce his heart
Of layered gauze

The catch of
This well-done
Cooked scenario
Branded his brain
With contention

A lifetime
He lived rooted in the ground
Next to perpetual
And cyclical
Fervid chrysanthemums

- PatInTheHat