Do you see me?

Do you see me?

Here I am looking at you

and sometimes you are here

but I sense your attention is divided

somewhere far away something calls to you

and then it comes

this far away look

the sense of you slipping away

Its all okay

I am here

I know me

now

not like before

when these were the kind of triggers

that used to annoy the hell out of me

for I have learned

a true and present friend is so often

rare

and that is why

when you find the ones who can be both present and true

you must do all you can to foster

love

and let them know how precious is the gift

of their care and attention

especially in an age where so often people are too busy

or they turn away

disengaged

forgetting the necessary

and oh so healing value

of fully engaged

undivided presence.