Trying On Life

You never know when gifts arrive,

Trying On Life 

By Tyler Lucas Mobley

Holster ready, all you did was

ask. If put another way, I

might’ve just let it pass. Your 

key question unlocks response.  

Not taken lightly words rush to 

life relating to everything at once. 

Did grandmother tell you what was

said? Eyes blossom full of sky. 

Did we know then what we know

now? Birds sing the story of our

lives, rendezvous on approach

play your part to alert me to mine. 

Our moment bubble burst into 

existence, crochet time yarns and

salutes, saddled grins remind us this

whole world is a changing place. 

A Portrait of Familiarity

A Tale as Tall as Time,

A Portrait of Familiarity 

By Tyler Lucas Mobley 

Riding a bus 

reflections from 

a row ahead

the expression

of all that passes. 

Strangers, their

entire lives float

in a dinghy nearby. 

The bus slows 

reminding

passengers of 

their progress. 

Stand for departure, 

she turns

their eyes meet,

and both know

they’ve arrived. 

Doors open 

onto the next,

hers in a blind

kissy scene you’d

think only happens

in movies. The

bed makes itself,

candles know 

what to do, 

The Kenny G 

obeys, passion 

dims the sun,

the animal 

kingdom a hush,

but for a few lions

standing by to judge

the climactic roar. 

He also finished. 

The score is in. 

Invisible hands 

offer a smoke and

do the honors, 

galaxies far

far away 

sense satisfaction, 

and the race 

was won. 

Life takes 

a bow.