Homesick

Homesick

For Corine Pettey

I thought I missed the theaters.  It turned out

That what I missed was seeing plays with you.

I thought I missed the restaurants, but dining out

was so much better when I ate with you.

I thought I missed museums. I forgot

Vermeers looked better when I gazed with you.

And now you’ve gone to your long home, and part of me

is homeless till the day I go there too.