Perspective

image by Daniel Murtagh

From the window in my door

I watch you leave

I imagine you

as a painting, wonder 
how an artist would capture your movement

away from me

Objects in the distance should be smaller

This I know

But I've always been terrible with perspective

so I am not surprised

that you seem to grow larger

the farther you move from me.

submitted for The Mag, Mag150

You Love the Rain

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Anyone can love a sunny day

but you

love the rain

While I grumble

at the grey

the morning mist

makes you smile

You come alive

a neglected houseplant

that's finally been watered

This morning

you ran outside to play

a puppy in the puddles

When you came back inside

you smelled of fresh mowed grass

and had cherry blossom petals

clinging to your dark hair

like tiny wedding veils

I lifted each one

and kissed beneath it

I love you because

you love rain clouds

I looked up

and saw them

heavy

and pregnant with portent

You looked up

and said

That one looks like

a lazy manatee

floating across the sky.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Kenia's Wednesday Challenge