Tamo Junto

will you please be careful
I wait in silence
this is really me here, now
there is no place I can stand
so open in such anticipation
of your next words
your first took me by surprise
there is no real challenge
but the imaginary ones
push us asunder
I couldn’t breathe
falling apart with air so spicy
scented with marigolds
that grew in your garden
I could step between worlds
you laughed in Portuguese
because I fell in love with Brazil
without ever having been there
I love you too
without reflection without pause
but I needed us to be together in this
tell me tamo junto, please.

Judith A. Sears
©10/21/2018

Just another interesting (slang) phrase in Portuguese this one means “we are together in this” or “count on me.”