1
We were not young love
conversation flowed between
gaps in indifferent hearts
into silence ‘til the day
you gave me flowers without reason.
2
Uploading birdsong
a day of cherry blossom
rains confetti. I
save soul-fuls of memory.
All you say and all you do.
3
Fickle and faithful
every day the sea returns
with gifts for the beach
inseparable
yet attracted to the moon.
4
The way I like it
you make me an old fashioned;
heavy on bitters,
sugar, bourbon, cherries, twist,
ice shaped like skulls and crossbones.
5
Your pillow tumbling
with thick tight curls that sprang back
in youth undaunted
cradles your baldness now but
the moon and I remember.