divorce

I am unapologetic
with my apologies
so
sorry
I had to leave
the smell of you
behind
the familiar scent
of the hair on your arms
burning through
the receptors in my brain
I could not
die there
in that nest
so warm
my
unapologetic
apologies
my
woman
I begged the moon
for you




10/17  AAW

quietly, with mediocrity

I noticed the bees
nesting
on the porch

I checked the mail
nothing there

I watched you
and waited

I hated
the mediocrity
of the ending

a whimper
a crisp leaf in fall
wet by rain
and
left to rot




10/17  AAW