Afternoon rendezvous

She blithely sails out
the door. No explanations
save her secret smile.

New Year’s Eve: things left undone

Now’s the time to look
back at what was forgotten
and recall with love.

You love me

Sally Fields said it
best. Be they awards or page views,
validation’s sweet.

Undone

Pulling apart a
life together, the future
frays like a cut edge.

Ending

It happens over
coffee, one stunned, the other
already elsewhere.

Realization

She woke up seeing
him in a different light
flame sputtering out.

Facebook status after the breakup

“There’s always rain at
the most appropriate times
in my life,” he wrote.

Candid confessions of a college-aged daughter

“I’m telling you but
don’t worry, I’m fine,” she says.
I listen, but do.

Prodigal daughter

She’s coming home, train
speeding through the heartlands, back
to where we miss her.

Friendship

She may have faults but
to me she’s flawless, a me
I wish I could be.