With deft hands, tiny elves packed your memories away.
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The places you lived in me
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Healing, Relationships on August 26, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Unveiled
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Fathers, Love, Poetry, Relationships, Seasons on July 12, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
I come to life when color begins to leave the leaves when the stain of amber and gold and burnt sienna seeps into the once verdant green and school-bus yellow ushering in the rich and glorious palette of decay and death.
What the heart does
Posted in Falling in Love, Love, Relationships on June 1, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
The first time I fell in love after living with a love grown cold, I remembered: we don’t love with our hearts.
You didn’t see me
Posted in Death/Loss/Grief, Isolation/Belonging, Mortality, Relationships on May 23, 2015 | 1 Comment »
I was a few rows behind, off to the right. You couldn’t see me. From this angle, your face was unfamiliar.
I used to tell time by the look on your face
Posted in Relationships, Time on May 18, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
It wasn’t time to wake up yet, even if the birds were singing, if your face was relaxed with predawn sleep, eyes closed, your lips parting slightly with the audible exhale you claimed I made up because you “didn’t snore.”