We Got Issues

"We met around sunset on a Monday night, we exchanged numbers and the rest was up to us."

Under a star-filled night,Two strangers meet for the first timeNot knowing what to expect.They begin talkingFinding out each others'Deepest secrets,Worst fears.Crying together,Laughing together,Falling together,Hearts beating as oneTheir lips falling closer and closer.Hands shaking, knees weak,Butterflies in their bellies,Dancing around to the...

Paramour

"All was lost, I was undone"

A thousand poets could endless writeand never find words to capture the sightof heaven in eyes of deepest blue,that I adore and inspiration drew.They beckoned me closer to the edgeof love's unstable rocky ledge,where my fate was sealed with a...

The Day Is Done

"A romance in blank verse"

The day is done and we are still yet oneThe sun sets soon and roams its way to dawnWhen we may once more feel our love renewedEnraptured by the passions we've both sharedTo watch the setting sun with arms entwinedIs...

Romance on the Railway

"Come follow the tracks to my heart"

Each night beneath the kindly moon’s soft radianceWe make again that joyful connection of loveVulnerable in our emotional nakednessAs we bare the most profound feelings of our heartsAll too soon the hour of parting is upon usCatching us unaware in our...

Flush with Energetic Love

"A short, romantic journey in terza rima, inspired in part by Robert Browning's 'Meeting at Night'."

The night is flush with energetic love;a hurried car begins to disembark,illuminated by the moon above.The dim o-th dash (no more than just a spark)assists the driver's eyes to see the wayafar, behind the vast horizon's dark.How burdensome the trek,...

Saving Water

"A bit of good, clean fun."

Bright sunlight flooded the living room, but Josh was glad to be out of the searing heat, and reunited with the air conditioning. Panting heavily he leant on the leather sofa, and dutifully stretched his legs. The muscles in his...

Awakenings Ch. 47

"Michael meets Abby"

The next morning Jeanne and I were sitting at the kitchen table having breakfast. She had the front page of the newspaper. I was reading the sports page. After taking a sip of her coffee, she set the newspaper down...