she puts her cold hands to the spigot to
hold cool water as if it were her son,
grown and slipped through fingertips.
Technically alive and well though
she mourns him, justifies her prison.
Held a job and named a cat, she's
grown into sorrow self-sufficient.
she puts her cold hands to the spigot to
hold cool water as if it were her son,
grown and slipped through fingertips.
Technically alive and well though
she mourns him, justifies her prison.
Held a job and named a cat, she's
grown into sorrow self-sufficient.
He stormed out of the pub and proposed anyway. Six years later he returned with a wallet full of photos and barely enough money for a drink.
“We should do this more often.” he said, and I started to cry.
“I loved you, you know.”
He stormed out of the pub and proposed anyway. Six years later he returned with a wallet full of photos and barely enough money for a drink.
“We should do this more often.” he said, and I started to cry.
“I loved you, you know.”