Dissolve Poem by Bill Upton

It was all right there.
Everything.
Every answer, every emotion,
Passageways to conclusions,
Right or wrong,
Certain or unsure,
Yet always available
Right in front of me.
Three feet away from solutions
To everything.
Approval and denial,
Access and blockade,
A direct laser light to the truth,
A glance away from happiness.
Tears from love,
From pride,
From hurt-
Defining moments of a life
Staring vacantly as the hourglass empties.
Moments that could have been realized
Vanish, unrescued.

It was all right there...
Everything-
Every answer-
In her eyes...

And I looked away.