He smiles.
Raindrops fall tepid and damp on the driveway outside the garage. I step out of the car into the overcast early evening.
The garage door is partly open and he is working on his car. Competent, confident, and calm, he embodies all I have ever sought and have ever sought to be.
He smiles to see me, cheerful and bright to dispel the evening gloom. I smile back, as I want to and must, and we talk for a lively time. In the end, however, he cannot offer what I seek, nor can I live on smiles, and I continue up the steps to the porch in the overcast early evening.
The garage door is partly open and he is working on his car. Competent, confident, and calm, he embodies all I have ever sought and have ever sought to be.
He smiles to see me, cheerful and bright to dispel the evening gloom. I smile back, as I want to and must, and we talk for a lively time. In the end, however, he cannot offer what I seek, nor can I live on smiles, and I continue up the steps to the porch in the overcast early evening.