abandoned building
I sit on the lawn
picking a flower

sitting alone
staring back in the window
at myself

new apartment
wrapped up in grandmother’s
handmade quilt

radio playing
momma’s dancing in the kitchen to
dad’s old song

top quarter champion

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bottom quarter champion

sun going down
orange yellow fire
a lone butterfly

her big brown eyes
meet mine
cotton ball tail

broken sea shells
worthless fragments
my daughter's treasure

beautiful rusted pot 
with cracks 
resembling her face

TOP half champion

CHAMPION
 

BOTTOM half champion

lonely red rose
battered and scorned
my prize possession

warm summer day
an empty vase
by the window

tiny ring
missing a stone
her first 

versace glasses
gucci belt
broke-n

top quarter champion

BOTTOM half champion

bottom quarter champion

I'm only relaxed when driving 
instead of four 
there's one 

father of six
preparing dinner now
for himself

empty nest
she sadly breathes
a sigh of relief

house built
decades ago
tiny handprint in the sidewalk