Our Marriage, Made in Heaven

January 30, 2016

And so here we are
Back again
To you being you
Me being without you

An old poem, dressed in new clothes.

Black and White

Pining for a Stranger

And so once again I look at the horizon
Away from the bruising silences

Fat Raindrop, and a Girl Who Drowned

He said he pinched himself
Still in disbelief
That he is my husband
"Really, REALLY...!" he said.

Seeing you first, I rushed From first fill of the heart, To first tenderness of a poem Seeing me then, you stared With that diamond look of silence Black from your black eyes Shimmering from your shining face Blinding...

Our six year-old

“Did you notice?” You said once. “How I don’t address you by name?” “Did you wonder why?” Then we smiled At each other … We then leaned Toward each other “Did you...

In This Moment of Totality

“Here, it is these glasses,” said she, When I said I can’t see the Totality. Still seeing only darkness, I mumbled to myself, “Why I still can’t see it, even with these?” I turned...

Afterlife

Yesterday I realized From the white-knuckle silence She wouldn’t let go That I am still unborn A point of no focus Not ready yet For her words that ring love May never be ready yet For that chuckle from her eyes...