where I believed

I look 

back with 

confusion; 

back at

where we 

were; 

back at 

where I 

believed 

us

to 

be 

and 

here I am: 

a crush 

of color. 

Poem © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker 

Copper plate enamel by Ina Jean Garner, circa 1980's.