backward glance
a smile
that drives me wild

across the classroom
I study your smile
instead of Socrates

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

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

top quarter champion

top half champion

bottom quarter champion

one I love
kiss me…
sugar coated words

giggling as we share
candy hearts
URA 10

cornered by the monkey bars
he kisses my cheek
Cooties!

middle school dance—
he extends his hand
and she blushes

top half champion

champion

bottom half champion

marinara
on her cheek
she chatters about silverware

candlelight and clinking wine glasses
hands clasped
under the table

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

on my desk
sits a single rose
flushed cheeks

top quarter champion

bottom half champion

bottom quarter champion

snowy night
tiny paws
search for warm milk

my cold fingertips
touch his bareback
a shiver

we reach
the forest edge
moist earth between toes

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