I Am Here

I Am Here

I am here, where are you?
I thought we had a date ten years to the day
A handshake on a sacred rendezvous
I am here, where are you?

I came to count the colors in Vincent’s beard
The gleaners with their heads bowed, the tiny cavalier
Rembrandt, Goya, Delacroix
The lazy afternoons of Renoir

And now The Picture of Dorian Gray
Tells me why you didn’t show up today
Coffee and a cigarette waiting on the stairs
The lions made it downtown but you’re not here

I am here, where are you?

I’ll find a river somewhere hidden by the trees
Slide down the embankment on my knees
Rivers howl with adventures untold
Sailors calling out from centuries ago

Marquette from Sault Ste. Marie
And Joliet found the Mississippi
You were gonna meet me at the Art Institute
To make discoveries the way they used to do

I am here, where are you?