Beyond the Window

Empty eyes like dirty glass
see nothing beyond the window
of immediacy.

And yet one smile from her
will break the gloom like dawn
spilling across a murky sky,
casting the fires of youth once
again beyond those panes.

Eyes reaching out for the warmth
of recognition, he longs for the
intimate embrace of mind
meeting mind in the flash of a gaze.

With the tingling electricity of a first kiss
between new lovers, his soul crosses
the metaphysical, only to be crushed
by the stinging slap of an eyelid closing
like dirty glass that sees nothing
beyond the window of immediacy.

About Erich

Erich is a web developer and a native New Englander who is passionate about life, the universe, and everything.

He is a Drupal consultant, previously employed as a senior developer at Harvard University, working on the IQSS OpenScholar project.  Prior to joining the team at Harvard, he was the engineering manager at CommonPlaces e-Solutions, in Hampstead, NH, contributing as the lead engineer on the Greenopolis.com and Twolia.com.

Erich is active in the Drupal community, having contributed modules and patches to the community. He presented at DrupalCon in Szeged Hungary, and co-presented at DrupalCon 2009 in Washington, DC.

Erich lives in New Hampshire with his wife, two sons, and three weimaraners.  When not writing code, Erich enjoys landscaping and woodworking.

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