Relief

I wonder what kind
Of man I would have become
If we hadn’t met

Summer

Draped on an elm bough
Branches dapple the sunlight
That warms up my cat

Leap

Annulled at midnight
This day destined to return
In four years from now

Pullman

Rolling through the night
The rhythm of the train tracks
Rocking us to sleep

Regrets

Memories of you
Follow closely, taunting me
With what might have been

Curves

The arc of her back
Revealed in alabaster
Carved by the moonlight

Treasure

Winter shore winds blow
Swirling my daughter’s hair as
We search for sea glass

Napping

A lazy Sunday
You, dozing on the white couch
Lovely as ever

Beginnings

We walk the worn paths
Of an unexplored landscape 
The first of many

Shadow

The crook of my arm
Cradling ebony silk
Purring in my ear