Valentine’s Day
he proclaims his love
with an unsigned card

best friends
piled in a car
Tuesday’s ice cream outing

middle school dance—
he extends his hand
and she blushes

marinara
on her cheek
she chatters about silverware

in the laundry room…
I could study your smile
forever

soft snow . . .
on a clean gravestone
I set a yellow rose

candlelight and clinking wine glasses
hands clasped
under the table

on my desk
sits a single rose
flushed cheeks

the trees
tremble in the wind—
your sleeping eyelids

we reach
the forest edge
moist earth between toes

backward glance
a smile
that drives me wild

across the classroom
I study your smile
instead of Socrates

heart-shaped floor burn
from an unsuspected love—
basketball

everyone receives a gift
from their lover
where’s mine?

4th of July
I walk home alone
no hand to hold

their eyes meet
as he touches her shoulder
true love

snowy night
tiny paws
search for warm milk

my cold fingertips
touch his bareback
a shiver

one I love
kiss me…
sugar coated words

winters chill
I’m warmed by
your arms

anticipation—
I walk to the door
clutching my ballot

from across the room
I see your smile
too scared to say hello

we touch
as dreams and reality
collide

a rose
all alone
on the fourteenth

lilac in bloom
I remember
your shampooed hair

strep throat
Valentines Day
packed in a hug

our eyes meet—
for a moment
we are lovers

back to my cubicle
scribbled words of love
on a post-it

cornered by the monkey bars
he kisses my cheek
Cooties!

giggling as we share
candy hearts
URA 10