Now

Now the eyes are wide open
I see you as you are.
because of the closeness I had to squint to see,
                                   (you were all up against me)
but stepping away,
I see the you that perhaps
was always there.
The you.
I might have been too close to notice before;
the length the width and the height of you-
the measurements of which
lack dimension.
now
I can spend my time
on something
with someone
of substance.

                                                              --alexgeorge