Yesterday, 11:49 AM
Isn’t that the way it is
after 25 years
lying next to each other
one stirring, the other
half-awake murmuring
in her half-awake voice
good night sweetie
and you turn
your face in her hair
only to get lost again in her scent
shampoo and perfume
Antonio’s Flowers you think
in that moment for a moment
you are nothing but blue eyes
moving across the lobby holding
you in her gaze just long enough
to undo you, and the belly laugh
when she learned your mother
and her favorite doll growing up
had the same name. I love you
you say to the back of her head
to the sound of even breathing
your legs two peninsulas separated
by a sea of pets as you drift into sleep
Isn’t that the way it is?
after 25 years
lying next to each other
one stirring, the other
half-awake murmuring
in her half-awake voice
good night sweetie
and you turn
your face in her hair
only to get lost again in her scent
shampoo and perfume
Antonio’s Flowers you think
in that moment for a moment
you are nothing but blue eyes
moving across the lobby holding
you in her gaze just long enough
to undo you, and the belly laugh
when she learned your mother
and her favorite doll growing up
had the same name. I love you
you say to the back of her head
to the sound of even breathing
your legs two peninsulas separated
by a sea of pets as you drift into sleep
Isn’t that the way it is?