Thinking Of You

by Thomas Paterson
(Duluth, MN, USA)

I was just thinking of you
and a minute ago
I was thinking of you
and an hour ago
I was thinking of you
every time I saw
something beautiful today
I was thinking of you

and often
I wonder if what I saw
was the beauty 
or if it was the thought of you
that was beauty
as it passed my vision

you are the backdrop of every thought
you are there in every vision
whatever beauty I see is overlaid
on your image
in my mind

your are in every thought
at least of beauty