on my mind

These are familiar landmarks, not this place
where my nervousness kicks skittish sideways
and my self assurance runs amiss.
I thought I would be more comfortable than this.

But I have dared imagine we could progress,
build confidence on milestones and acquaintances,
release trust from wellsprings of common sentiment,
look to horizons, possibilities and togetherness.

A chartered course avoids the usual shoals,
we talk of children with a love that won't grow old,
how we feel the sea, and could live upon a boat,
or write that which long has waited to be wrote.

This nervousness will settle down in time,
as I accustom to an angel on my mind.