He craves Wiener Schnitzel and egg rolls – complicated request – they settle on Austrian, forgo the Chinese. Noise of the place disconcerts her – rather
Category: relationships
Discipline
That tone – teeth clenched lips taut the coldness in your gaze I swallow anxiously shifting foot to foot await raise of hand fist clenched
Empty Vessels
We’ll buy a boat, he promised, spend our days adrift on a sea of possibilities. So, she waited, tethered her hopes with ropes of whimsy
Prey
Brought you my pain – swaddled like a baby, a tiny fledgling not yet ready to fly – craved nurturing – missed the hawkish glint,
Distorted Lenses
My memory of you – distorted by childish exuberance – distant and disinterested Translated vacant eyes through the lens of my needs child that I
Unbearable
Said his name was Orion, “light of Heaven” – starry-eyed, I succumbed godlike presence, I believed, could walk on water – but his light fast
