a love poem

I wanted this love 

to stay young forever

like a bud just breaking

out reaching their arms

up towards the sun

but time waits for no one

our love matures like

our eyes and minds

this love blossoms

like roses in full bloom

the journey takes us

to high and low country

we sometimes got lost

in the mundane roads

or waver when the 

storm clouds take over

yet I still cling to hope

that in our twilight

this love will stay

strong and beautiful

- Written for Writer's Digest 2026 April PAD Challenge: Day 28

midnight sky

midnight sky

will you undress me

with bedroom eyes

one last time

before sunrise returns

our illicit affair

slips into shadows

where hearts burn

touch me, tease me

touch me

with your melodies

let them fall against my skin

tease me

with hypnotic kisses

bringing me into a dream

teach me

those native words

that spring from your tongue

tell me

the words to our song

that we will sing for eternity

but

don’t touch me

if you intend to leave scars

behind when you burn me

don’t tease me

with sweet kisses you

you will collect back at sunrise

don’t teach me

the ways to your heart

when you plan to give it away

don’t tell me

this is forever when

it will only last for one night

Poem for the day:

"elephant in the room"

we begin dancing

around the elephant

in the room

neither one of us

wanting to look it

straight in the eye

so we just dance

like lithe ballerinas

pretending it will

just go away

A second poem for the day:

“did I wait too long?”

did I wait too long

to let you know how I feel

now that you are hers

I can see you are happy

I guess I should keep quiet

Poem for the day:

“you left on a Sunday”

you left on a Sunday

though it seemed like yesterday

that I found myself all alone

with only items you left behind –

leftovers of love that ended unkind

seeing them everyday pains me to the bone