For Allison In Portland

The misty morning rain and dove grey sky

Reminds me how the wet days make you smile

I swear I hear your laughter and I sigh

Imagining a bridge across the miles.

We'd put our boots on and go take a walk

We'd splash in all the puddles on our way

We'd joke and tease or maybe we'd just talk

A day I spend with you is the best day.

And even though I miss you constantly

I daydream in your room to feel you near

I know that Portland's where you need to be

So I would never try to keep you here.

So when you feel the rainy morning mist

Know that I am sending you a kiss.

submitted for Magpie Tales, Mag 238

For Allison on Graduation

The summer's heat can melt away the time

Remembering when you were still a child

When autumn's chill comes, you're no longer mine

I crave the hours that moved so slow and mild

When days were filled with toys and song and play

Remembering when you were still a child

If I could keep the coming months at bay

I'd relive every minute spent with you

When days were filled with toys and song and play

I crave the time when it was just we two

And when you leave to live life on your own

I'll relive every minute spent with you

I beam at how you've blossomed as you've grown

So proud to see the woman you are now

And when you leave to live life on your own

I'll marvel at the seasons past and how

The summer's heat can melt away the time

So proud to see the woman you are now

When autumn's chill comes, you're no longer mine.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Sunday Form Challenge, Terzanelle

Will the Sun Rise?

image by Flor Larios

Will the sun rise when you are gone?

I can imagine only night

The stars, the moon may still be bright

but will the morning ever come?

Who will I be when you're away?

Will the sun rise when you are gone?

I have lived within your orbit

eighteen years now, a lifetime long

Will the tulips bloom come the spring?

Will lizards skitter on pebbles?

Will the sun rise when you are gone?

Will cherry blossoms pink again?

When you see the moon, think of me

Watching over you quietly

Waiting for you to come back home

Will the sun rise when you are gone?

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Sunday Form Challenge, Quatern

Wish You Were Here

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 I carry you like my heart

I drink in your laughter

before my morning coffee

I wear your smile

as a cloak on rainy days

You are my own sun

No suitcase is big enough

to hold my love for you,

but as you were packing,

I slipped some in between 

your socks and shirts

to lighten your load.

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Words Count with MZ, Vacation

Rainy Days of Spring

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She loves the rainy days of spring

She dances out the kitchen door

To twirl and splash while robins sing

She loves the rainy days of spring

Much more than flowers, showers bring

the fragrance of sweet petrichor

She loves the rainy days of spring

She dances out the kitchen door.

submitted  for   Day 23 triolets, of NaPoWri Mo,