Stuck

The furniture has been rearranged, old books thrown out, music shuffled; the study is newly organized and even the drapes have been changed. But there’s still a box under the table full of things I cannot throw away – letters, journals, silly little things that all remind me of you. Maybe I should get a [...]

Finality

I’m tired of wondering when we’ll ever be as calm as the afternoon breeze and clear as an underground river, I can never deny that without trying you can smile yourself past previously tower-tall brick walls that defended me and we can talk after months of absence then realize it’s like we’ve never been away. [...]

Lost

With sagging shoulders and a heavy bag, the traveler walks and anticipates his rest then finds a slab of rock in the middle of nowhere, rushes to it with all the strength he can muster. His body screams of exhaustion, with drooping eyes and tired feet of blisters and small cuts, supposedly hidden by worn-down [...]

Guest Room

Maybe when the coffee gets cold, becomes bitter and so stale, when the novelty has faded away I’ll reconsider and wait. When the moon has stopped deflecting the sun’s light into silver beams, and when the stars have vanished from sight, I’ll think about staying behind. But until then, the bags stay packed and the [...]

Illusion

I’m going to stop looking someday at the vast starless night sky and think how awfully cold it is without your embrace to warm me. The songs on the radio– the melodies, the ballads will have no effect when I switch to another station; as I drive along the lonely highway. Someday I will draw [...]