awkward smiles
timid conversation
blooming love

first date
delicate conversation
timid smiles

Alex Zalar

front door
awkward hello
timid conversation

forks and knives clinking
timid smile
across the table

timid smile
an awkward question
across the table

ackward smile
a fist bump
at the front door

awkward smile
timid conversation
across the pizza

awkward smile
timid conversation
over pizza

awkward silence
timid smiles
turn around, Dad

timid smiles
across the hallway
blooming love

unfamiliar
warm hand
against my cheek

unfamiliar hand
warmth
against my cheek

unfamiliar touch
your hand
warm against my cheek

unfamiliar hand
warmth
against my cheek

unfamiliar touch
your hand
warmth against my cheek

newborn
unfamiliar hand
warm on my cheek

first kiss
unfamiliar touch
warm against my cheek

Aundrea Marsh

the sun is setting
his eyes become the light source
so glad i said i do

the sun sets
his eyes gleam
“I do”.

sun goes down
his eyes light up
as he says, “I do”

the setting sun
again I find myself saying
I do.

the setting sun
I find myself saying
I do

Courtney Ginigeme

his eyes light up the darkness
I remember why I said
"I do."

walking down the aisle
away from my past
into my future

down the aisle
away from the past
into my future

walking down the aisle
turning away the past
looking at my future

from my past
walk down the aisle
to my future

gliding down the aisle
leaving my past
for my future

[xxxxx] down the aisle
leaving my past
for my future

Derekah Williams

walking down the aisle
into my future
the past behind me

down the aisle
away from the past
into the future

being in love
much simpler
when she was alive

the complexity of love
made simple
when she was omnipresent

when she was alive
love was present
it's hard to find now

being in love
was much more simple
when she was alive

being in love
is much more complicated
now that she is gone

being in love
much more complicated
now that she's gone

Garrett Mayberry

when she was alive
being in love
was much more simple

when you were alive
being in love
was much more simple

being in love
was much more simple
when she was alive

time hangs on lightly
invisible spider webs
then it falls away

time hangs on
an invisible spider web
falls away

Jeffrey Davis

time hangs on
invisible spider webs
fall away

invisible spider webs
time hangs on
fragile

time hangs on lightly
like an invisible spider web
until it falls away

time hangs on lightly
fragile spider webs
fall away

the weather turned.
everything is cold
just like his heart

visible breath
cold as ice
like his heart

Seasons change.
       Frozen
Just like his heart

Just like his heart
The weather turned.
Everything is cold.

just like his heart,
the weather turned—
everything is cold

Lauren Bartel

seasons change
frozen
just like his heart

passing eager inmates
wagging tails behind bars
just hoping to come home

eager inmates
tails wagging behind bars
praying for release papers

anxious inmates
tail wagging faster with footsteps
begging for a new home

eager inmates
wagging their tails behind bars
longing for a home

dreaming of a home
eager inmates
wag their tails behind bars

Nicholas Scarpinato

behind bars
eager inmates wag their tails
wishing for a home

the daylight escapes
our eyes meet in the darkness
my breath is taken

daylight escapes
our eyes meet in darkness
frozen in time

daylight retreats
our gazes meet
my breath is stolen

the moon unveiled
our eyes collide in shadow
my breath is take

the moon unveiled
our eyes collide in shadow
my breath, stolen

Sierra Birdsell