Decades ago,it’s been decades now,you and I shared spacein the same placeat the same timeand the fact thatwas even possiblefeels like magic.  Now all I have arememories and imaginations,like the lump of my bellygrowing with our babyand the house wewould have bought together,the home we wouldhave made forever.  Remember marchingup the sand dunes to seethe most...

If only thingshad worked outthe way I’d wished they would We’d be opening gifts andtaking photos in front ofour first Christmas tree But now I wish youweren’t here, and insteadI’m planning my exit strategy. Today’s poetry prompt words were: if only, dinner, and exit strategy.  Photo by Andrew Abbate on Unsplash

10/08/25 **Everything in bold is still (now) true** Despite the world being a dumpster fire even more so than usual, there are still some things in my life that are going well and that I appreciate very much. I love my job, I am blessed and lucky to have found it, and even more so that...

Who are the biggest influences in your life? “They” sayyou are the sumof your five closest people;that they shape you and you have no choice in that,it just happensfor better or worse.Oh, I hope they are wrong,because otherwise,I am so fucked.

It’s Christmas Eve.I wish more than everthat this wasn’t happening.I wish we could have liveda life together from the start,like you had with her,like I’ll never havewith anyone.I wish you were like your dadwho kept walking past your momto see her through a window whileshe worked, and he wouldn’tgive up on her, he’d never give up.Our...