Tag: Women
Reciprocity: Six Word Story
Busy: An excuse to ignore love.
Mementos, Loveless Years, & Soliloquies
I’m stuck in this place
shut-in an inescapable destination
she lies about her love
and I wait for the moment
she confesses–it never comes
I am a forgiving person
I think–“she’ll come to her
senses soon”
but there is no soon
and I grow tired of
standing by a shaky
promise
it is flawed and broken
lately, I’ve been feeling
flawed and broken too
finally, she waltzes in
with gifts and sweet apologies
that melt my heart
I’m putty, a weakling
she has me right where
she wants me . . .
falling back into
her world, forsaking
and forgetting mine
only the courageous
I don’t know anyone
else who can make
me laugh and cry
uncontrollably in the
same conversation
you have a spirit that
will never give up
you’re a warrior
ancestors at your
beck and call,
assistance for every
attack
gifted, mighty words-worker
who turns sustenance
into art
you are before
your time, our time,
and the times ahead
it would be pointless
to simply say,
“I love you,”
I am blessed to breathe
the same air you
wheel into your
lungs
how can a world of
goodness dwell in
one person
this, I’ll never know
but I’m glad I
know you
For my beautiful friend, Heejin, who is everything amazing and so much more. This was my Valentine’s Day gift to her.
Heart Glow
you, figment of
beauty personified
have enriched the lives
of many, scaled
or cycled or unmatched
I love you with a force
that knows no
name
and carries no
regrets, you are a
gem–a diamond cut
perfectly
and you deserve to
be seen for the
glow in your heart.
For my best friend, Mook, written on Valentine’s Day as my gift to her. We’ve known each other now for almost 20 years and I am happy she’s in my corner.
