The stage is set
playing chess for hearts and beer
we eat our fill
and nourish ourselves
I chase this emotion around the room
Fresh voices light the stars
vaulted in this pocket far too long
Reflecting on the moments held here
Something sweeter than I've tasted in years
repairing the capillaries
quenching where this avenue of being
pays and parks
where joy surely sparks anew
I don't know where the compass will take me
...the rest will just have to make sense some other day