Beautiful Distraction

Minding my business in a coffeeshop

In a corner I sit sipping a cup

Check the phone for a notification

Hope your name pops up in a quotation

A report to write, duty to fulfill

Endless edits, but the mind is not still

Laugh at old jokes remembered at random

A moment, a smile, a story, a storm

Numbers and letters fly out of the screen

The heart’s a-flutter, sees another scene

Holding a hand on a drive to somewhere

On the edge of a cliff, I remember

Nuanced thoughts of life, love, and attraction

Yes, you are my beautiful distraction