2 Matching Contest - Love & Relationships - June 2019 • Millikin University

front door steps
nervously waiting upon . . .
what I’ve been waiting for

do you remember
that time
you said the three words

he speaks
my mind goes blank
while I apologize

my tiny hand
wrapped in hers
squeezing

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screen illuminates on my face
waiting for a reply
. . . i fear i’ve been ghosted

I see you driving
with the boy I love
and I am like . . . HAIKU!

a familiar smell
takes her back . . .
a cemetery

throwing her necklace into the casket

 

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the crack in the cave
projects moonlight
on your face

sparks
gazing on a smile
lights a fire

warm sun
soft lips
pressed against mine

a sudden kiss
frightens her soul
a teardrop forms

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his secret lover
speaks out
to Her

sweatshirt
stolen from a man
I never loved

summer storm
with you by my side
everything will be alright

the rainbow stands as if you are here

© 2019, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication.

 

 

 

 

LED lights
illuminating our dinner
mariachi band

the disco ball
spins in a rotation
lights on the dance floor

message in a bottle
taken by the tide
Where am I?

Guitar strings
a song played
long long
ago

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the water fills my throat
as my lips
touch the glass

deep lake
painted red with sunrise
coffee’s warmth

tinder
an online romance
don’t do it

when life shuts a door
just open it!
it is a door

 

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the photo booth takes our picture
snap
your lips press on my cheek

cool shade
draws the attention—
a bystander

the children run
before I blow the whistle
a child slips

metallic footsteps
sound through the door
strangers laugh

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