im sorry for shyness
and inaction sometimes i can
only kiss in darkness

today I realised
exactly how much more I
love my car than her

for a brief
second there was no
one but me.

too much time
spent sleeping instead
of thinking.

I wanted to sleep
two days ago, but now I
can’t wait ‘til morning

if you’re reading this,
just know that I am still here
and I will not give up.

The river is low:
Summer rains came more this year,
But still not enough.

At my bird feeder
A red-bellied woodpecker
Finds sunflower seeds.

Walking the creek bed,
The Waterthrush bob their tails
A dance show for free.

People embrace fear.
When politicians tell them:
“Now you are afraid.

i don’t hate you, i
just wish you weren’t floating
in my head so much.

we were still strangers
but you held me in your arms
and kissed me goodnight

he gave me seeds to
remember him by, but now
they’re all I have left

I found a nickel.
do you want this nickel? it’s
yours. you can have it.

it will not be the
person but the distance that
kills me in the end

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