Her lunch was forgettable
It had been three days
Since she had been back to work
And yesterday
Had brought back memories
Did he
Remember she
Was probably
Where her thoughts would be
If she hadn’t been
Fidgeting distractedly
With the impulse of
Getting up
Going down
To say
“Hello.
You know
I was thinking about…”
No
That would be
The wrong set of words
Actions
Verbs
Be seen
Let him observe
Make the first approach
Would be
Better
But what if he said something
To upset her
Would take two steps back
And other results
Circled
Without a conclusion
But she knew
There would be no resolution
Until
She confirmed the emotion
She had Sunday night
Fleeting though it may have been
Seeing him
Made it feel so right
And wouldn’t it be impolite
To see a friend
And not ask
If he’s alright
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Same job
Different day
He needed a change
Or a different way
To think about life
Only made the days longer
On his break
Today the site
Was on the lake
Shore to be exact
Where
He wasn’t sure
But if he had thought back
He would have remembered that
She had an office on the third floor
Four doors
Away from where he was working
And the worst thing
Is she saw him
And the first thing
She thought was
A question
“Why am I hurting?”
Then
“I wonder
Did I hurt him?”
His mind wasn’t quite aware
Because
He was looking directly at her window
But it was a glass stare
She contemplated going down
To ground level
But figured
He was on a short reprieve
And would be gone by the time
She reached the last stair
Her heart quickened
“Did he really care?”
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He woke to a sound
Crying
Getting adjusted to the dark
It was all in his head
Looking over
Sharing his sheets
Was the Truth
Still in his bed
Sleeping over
She had been for a while now
He took in her face
And her smile
Wow
Although she was asleep
It tried to reach her eyes
He had asked her
Why she chose to stay
And she had said
It was because he had
Faced her honestly
Finally
Admitting
To the loss
Hole that could never be filled
Whole
Was going to come down
To perspective
Will
He ever see it again
That
He didn’t know
But he needed a companion
And there was none more reliable
Than the Truth
In truth
He had been able to move forward
Stop blaming himself
For past mistakes
Seeing how to make his future better
Although
It was when
He met the … Continue reading

It was late
She was wide awake
A yawn
Looking forward to the dawn
Monday morning
It had been a year
Since she and he
Had talked
And looking down
At her bundle of joy
With sorrow in her heart
And her arms
Curled to
Soothe
Maybe too tight
Catching herself she let go
She looked further right
And the dark wall of heat
Turned away
She had another six months
But she needed to breathe
The air had gotten light
The house could no longer
Accommodate her height
Escape
Wrong word
But it seemed right
To get away
Work
Was her window
For time to herself
So she could be left with
Her mind and herself
No more crying
Waking in time
For her health
She should be grateful
But how
When her mother
Had stated her content
With
“Now you’ll see.
You have one for yourself.”
Then there … Continue reading

Love stories
Take turns
For the better
Or worse
‘Til death
The earthquake was a disaster
That split your world apart
Separation
Anxiety
Where to start
The surgeon says to the heart
I’m the healer but you’ll
Never be the same
The scars
Mend
Love
Stories
Written
Rational
Should have been
From the beginning
But wasn’t
Until death
Allowed you to part
Fully aware
The telling starts

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