k&r

you're going to sit down 
for a modest lunch 
and while you both 
are waiting for your food 
to arrive 
you are going to plop your heart
and its entirety  
on the table 
and he will sit there and listen 
and listen 
some more 
and you will both sort through 
the shit 
that long since 
should have been 
thrown away 
by now. 
[it stinks]
he will talk some 
and you will listen 
you will throw fast balls 
and he will catch them 
mid air
he will pour salt in your wounds 
and it will hurt like hell 
but the stinging will 
subside 
and you will 
heal.
my prayer is that you both will 
walk away 
having washed this entire conversation down
with cups and cups of 
Living Water 
and it will have been one of the best 
lunch meetings you've had
in a long 
time.