sunday mornings
paying the bills
doing the laundry
watching the cat
watch the birds
such mundane things
were never part
of my dreams
full of sparkly flash
beyond my means
it’s when time
moves faster
than you imagined
and takes more
than you want to give
that quiet mornings
and cups of coffee
fill the void with
grateful thoughts
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a simple hello
means the same
as I love you
your silence
says more than
poetry or flowers
you kiss my forehead
after a long day
a moment so brief
yet intimate with
words you don’t
have to speak
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some days
I wake up
forgetting
I fell asleep
wiping blurred
dreams from
my eyes
reality looks
nothing like
I imagined
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your touch
once set me
on fire
the embers
have dimmed
and cooled
not my heart
burning still
content and warm
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how can you say
you believe in love
when those who
have found it
must hide
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c.b.w. 2018
C.B. Wentworth 