Tag: Love
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Pinched Off the Block
For Susan Sue stands at her kitchen counter,cutting a piece of cheddarfrom the block she keeps there—not cold from the refrigerator,but soft beneath the knife,warm enough to releaseits sharp, familiar scent.She lifts it to her mouth,and before she can finish chewing,the kitchen fades.She is a little girl againin the early seventies,standing beside Mydaddyon the front…
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Loving Blind
They say love is blind.I don’t think that’s true.I think love sees everything—the cracks,the excuses,the trembling hands,the promises stitched together with loose thread…and whispers,”Maybe this time.”Because loving blind isn’t about missing the warning signs.It’s about believingthey’re just temporary.It’s convincing yourselfthat red flags are only sunsetsif you squint hard enough.It’s saying,”I know who they could be,”while…
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Love Keeps Calling
Love keeps calling,I keep running,afraid its lightwill show me something.I hear its voicebehind each door,soft as rain,then wanting more.I hide my heart,but it keeps falling.I keep running—love keeps calling. Photo by vale on Unsplash
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You Will Hear
When the wind blows,you will hear mein the hush between the leaves,in the soft bend of branchesthat know how to bowwithout breaking.You will hear mewhere the screen door sighs,where the old house settlesinto its bones,where curtains liftlike hands remembering touch.I will not come loudly.I have never been thunder.I have always beenthe small sound after—the breath…
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Empty Breaths and Hollow Lies
She learns him first in broken air,In pauses that pretend to care.His words arrive but never stay,Like smoke that cannot find its way.He speaks in almost-truths at night,Soft enough to sound like light.But when she reaches for his name,It slips away and feels the same.She memorizes what he won’t say,The turning of his eyes away.Each…
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Where Love Goes
Love doesn’t leave all at once.It loosens first—a thread pulled from a seamyou didn’t know was holding everything together.It settles into ordinary places:the quiet side of the bed,the mug you stop reaching for,the space between sentenceswhere something used to answer back.It lingers in the body,a muscle that remembershow to reach without thinking,how to turn toward…
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Neon Red
My crush comes flashing neon red,a stoplight pulse inside my head.It hums beneath my quiet skin,a siren song I’m pulled right in.I try to cool it down to blue,pretend I feel what others do,but every thought ignites instead,my heart lit up in neon red.It glows too loud, it won’t behave,a reckless color I can’t save.If…
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Where You Go, I Will Be
Where you go, I will be—not ahead of you, not behind,but beside the quiet you carrywhen the road asks for faith.If you wander into shadow,I’ll learn the dark with you,name the shapes fear takesuntil it loosens its grip.If you run toward light,I won’t slow you down—I’ll keep pace with your hope,breathing when you forget how.Where…
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