LATE AT NIGHT

Late at night
She’s asleep
Waiting for me
To hold her

We made love
Knowing it binds us
As we become one
In our ecstasy

She fell asleep at peace
And that pleases me
As I’m ready to join her
In the warmth of us

LOVING YOU
WAS THE ONLY THING
I EVER DID
RIGHT

Taking one day at a time
Sounds so obvious
But if life is a conundrum
Then all bets are off

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New challenges
Are often old ones
We have ignored
Until now

FOR MICHAEL AND ANDREW

Two men
Too young
To be taken
From us

They passed
Briefly through my life
But I will think of them
And smile

From Book 4 “Testing Love” to be published this summer.

I finally found peace
When I realized
That my life
Could no longer
Be governed
By the pull
Of those
Who could never see
Beyond their own demons