Even Italian coffee doesn’t warm this heart
today because I drink it alone
He is in the next room
but he is not you
He is a tea-drinker, may not be a perfect fit
but I refuse to let myself think of coffee mugs
yours and mine, together on shelf in our new home
or the smell of fresh roast on Sunday morning
even cappucinos [...]
A memory
It is 2004, September 04. The day of my wedding. Any stress that goes along with planning one’s wedding had escaped me the day before, as I sat at Aunt Josies’ at my bridesmaids’ luncheon surrounded by Mom, Mia (my grandmother), my sister Jenny, my aunt and cousins and bridesmaids - basically, all the women [...]
But when our eyes touched
joined in our new world
I could do nothing but stare
and wonder what it would take
to know you
to hold you
and then we said hello
Cedar Mountain was ours but it couldn’t keep us
You belonged to the shore
but my heart was yours
You were in my dreams again last night
A millennium alone
enough to carry me [...]
But when our eyes touched
joined in our new world
I could do nothing but stare
and wonder what it would take
to know you
to hold you
and then we said hello
Cedar Mountain was ours but it couldn’t keep us
You belonged to the shore
but my heart was yours
You were in my dreams again last night
A millennium alone
enough to carry me [...]