coat pulled tight 
rush out the door 
surprise campus visit

lunchtime
so many choices
another salad

two toothbrushes
bag packed again
change houses again

a pause in conversation
gravel crunches
beneath our shoes

breathe in
breathe out
i could get used to this 

stretching slowly
a painful popping
common mistake

laying down for bed 
after a long hard day 
why are we making biscuits this late?

mascara running 
jazz music fills an empty room 
movement calms me

cool grass tickles my knees
as my finger charts
Orion

footprints in the sand
waves erase where i have been
a new shore ahead

putting my hair up
ready to put in the work
finally its over.

small church
an empty seat
celebration

steaming cast iron
hearty aroma wafts
as I come home

around the table
laptops open
eyes getting heavy

a letter never sent 
jail cell bars 
missed chance

crowded fair
parents unleashing their children
on the world

pink flowers to the right
an empty abyss to the left
I balance in the middle

golden sunlight  
a white butterfly  
casts a small shadow