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See YouTube video 8/28/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Step”, “One Summer” and “John” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Canon Power Shot).

See YouTube video 8/28/16 of Janet Kuypers reading her 3 poems “Step”, “One Summer” and “John” at the Austin open mic Kick Butt Poetry (video filmed from a Sony camera).

John at the other side of the room I look through the cigarette smoke the roar of conversation and the dim lights I look at his face but I no longer see John I have dreamt and envisioned a God-like figure I have imagined his sensitivity and his thoughtfulness I have felt his hands caress my skin his lips meet mine he has held me one thousand times and protected me I have rehearsed our moments together in my mind the moments I have created the candlelight dinners the dancing the loving while never knowing him more than across a crowded room the music blares as I look over my shoulder between the empty faces and see his image laughing smiling conversing with friends my eyes flare with envy I wonder why he is not with me but I know the face across the room is no longer John it is a door to a dream that will never come to life Copyright Janet Kuypers. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without express permission.