Wonderful Auntie,

Beautiful Jean,

Oh, how I will miss you,

You'll never know what your friendship did mean.

Sleep well, my friend,

Jehovah saw all you did,

In His loving memory,

is where you'll be hid.

Your positive attitude,

Your loving spirit,

Will no…

There's a creature that lives somewhere between my ribs. Small, wild, a lover of the moon. Shaped like a lily and glowing like the warmth of a single lit match.

It was born when we met. A spark amongst tinder.

It stumbled onto its feet like a newborn la…

The party was for Valerie. She was departing for warmer weather. It made sense. Despite being a programmer and board gamer, she loved to surf.

Me? I was a quintessential nerd and living proof that making a girl laugh, doesn't mean she will be attracted t…

There's no one else who's helped me know my self,

My heart, without dissembling or disguise.

You showed me how; I put fears on the shelf,

And viewed myself with sympathetic eyes.

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That was a boon beyond all former gifts!

I'd never guessed that I'd had …

I'd like to call and ask if you'd stop by.

It's been too long! We really should catch up,

But ev'ry time we visit, I get shy;

I'd like to change that. Come, and fill a cup.

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Whenever we're together, it's the same:

It seems no time has passed. Our friends…

I'm going to meet my friend tonight

When we hold hands, my heart's so light

I'll kiss his face and hug him tight--

My pulses race just thinking of our date.

For months uncounted, it has been

My dearest wish, though still unseen,

To bravely ask, with…

I don't much care just what we do,

So long as Anna's tight with Roo;

I'm always sure to love the view

Our friendship's strong, and we are going out!

We've chatted long and learned the way

To interact, share thoughts, and say

The words the other needs…

I've learned to trust that love exists aplenty,


And that most people long to be adored.


Some think that one love's all they can afford,


But open minds can oft embrace its bounty

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And love the world entire, and each in turn!


My heart, so full of you, …

When you departed, love, you'd been afflicted

And mute so long. My strength and hope had flagged.

I felt myself alone, exhausted, ragged,

But then there came a blessing unpredicted.

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I'd thought my love was dying, nearly gone,

And never to return, once …

I'm torn, my dear. I don't know what to do.

I wish you were alive, that you'd respond

To guide me, as before--but you're beyond

Such interactions now; still, I seek you.

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Just hear me, please. I lack all peace of mind.

It shuffled off just after you with…

We talked every night. We wrote letters. The distance never diminished our love for each other. We had it all figured out.

I flew out to see you on Valentine's day. You baked me a cake for my birthday. We had Thanksgiving dinner with your family. …

But no, I’ll stumble on, on trembling legs,

In hopes this seething street leads me to rest,

And drink this cup of potion to the dregs–

For sustenance or death–whatever’s best.

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Oh, do I trudge on my, or God’s, volition?

There’s little in this that I w…

Happiness is.

Not a moment,

but collective feeling.

You can't pick it up,

unless it has a heartbeat.

You can't define it, because

it is ever-changing.

It's a feeling that comes when you close your eyes

and receive a kiss unexpectedly.

It is also a box wi…

She saw him across the crowded party basement. Her heart swelled with euphoria. Her eyes sparkled. She was overly exuberant, but her friends thought she'd caught the party fever. They had no idea of her secret passion for the boy lurking in the corner.

W…

“In the event of a gravitational storm, please return to your seat and buckle your restraints as demonstrated by the hologram in front of you. In the case of decompression..”

I tuned out the flight attendant. I'd taken this trip many times recently as bo…

If you ever feel empty,

Tell me, please.

I have bountiful love

I’m hoping to help you

Fill the gap and help you feel whole.

And because I have this love,

I have another offer for you:

If it’s not me you need,

I’ll willingly help you to find

The things you…

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I dreamed of my 17 year-old self. I dreamed that she got the boy of her dreams and that he made her laugh and that she grew comfortable with him. Everything was perfect, from their words to their date locations and the movies he picked, and even the way t…

They couldn't pay me to love you more.

In my bedside drawer, beneath condoms, and candy bar wrappers, I keep a box for you, beneath empty pill bottles with barely legible labels.

A locked box.

Metal and hard and cold to touch, I brush my fingers acro…

A friendship gone

Forever lost

Indiscretion

Brought the Frost

So much in common

Yet years apart

So many differences

Lies of the heart

Deception takes on

Many forms

Resulting in

Abandoned norms

Out of sight

Not out of mind

Ease of pain

A Difficult fin…

They say she's got an awesome knack

For giving people love

How can we know if this is true?

Just take it for the truth,

Or is there some way we can test

To verify the claim?

But yes, of course. Just listen to

The way she says my name.

The night I laid out my heart,

turned my life outside down,

Our relationship had a new start...

Best of friends for so many years,

been through so much together,

at some point, my heart - it interfered.

Patiently - you listened,

as I talked for hours,

I…

"Then the two will become one..."

is what they say,

Now, love has won -

Insecurities and distrust is frayed.

Today you vow to God above,

To honor, to respect,

but most of all: to Love -

then never have anything else to regret.

Your Bride - the radiance,…

I saw you walking yesterday

The sun setting on your back

And as you ventured on your way

I noticed a lightness to your step

A happiness to your demeanor

Your strides were long and true

Not seeing where you were going

Or who you were walking to

Then I re…

Smoky morning eyes made the light blur,

but I knew where I was.

I was home.

I woke just before she left,

just before she came to gently shake me

to tell me goodbye and

that she loved me

and that she'd be back in the evening.

The holes in my socks and ne…