LoveDoes

And in that moment

That very first moment

Upon rising from sleep

I am suddenly aware

That it is true

You are really here

Whether near or far

Whether outside or in

You are there prompting

Me to be better

Then than ever before

GoodGoodMorning

And like an early

Dawn low horizon sun

That moves across a

Cat tailed lightly frozen

Pond your morning smile

Warms me and dissolves ice

That has crept across my

Mind from night’s dream

Awakening teeming life that

My heart swims for

You making me jump

And dive into your

Arms with a kiss

IWasInHeaven

My nighttime dreams brought

Happiness an odd array

Of characters had gathered

To surprise me on

My birthday hosted by

My ex husband and

Attended by long lost

At one time friends

Now serving his command

The war he declared

Against me years ago

But my dream was

A bit of homecoming

As though I’d entered

The gates of Heaven

It was like it

Was many years ago

MyNighttimeNovel

Laying here in darkness

Listening to you breathe

Reminded of yesterday and

So many other yesterday’s

That now here turn

Backwards like the pages

Of a forgotten book

Abandoned as we picnicked

On those autumn afternoons

The beauty we are

Is not what has

Already been written but

What is yet to

Write and then to

Read in the dark

While you are sleeping

MyMorning

The morning sun slips

Through my blinds like

Slivered almonds landing on

My chin and chest

As my coffee cools

Beside me like a

Patient dog seeking affection

Bed linens tossed aside

Like an after thought

Like wrapping paper destruction

On late Christmas mornings

And sitting here alone

With these three things

I am at peace

Before the wars begin