PRESENCE

Before you arrived, I knew you were here.

Is that something about you,

about me, or about us?

When you're visible

all eyes turn to you

but even before that

there is a hush

that precedes you

that warns of the chaos

the glory that is to come.

Is it scent?

Is it some subaural sound?

Is it psychic?

I can't say.

But I knew you were here

before you were

and when you leave

I will feel it

in advance.