02 Matching Contest - LOVE - Spring 2022 • Millikin University

freshly showered
on my way!
praying it goes well

coffee shop date
people with lattes & manuscripts
listening

spring robins 
I kiss the corner of her mouth
to hide my chapped lips

my kisses and secrets
still
on your lips

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a couple’s embrace
parting
the rain

head on his shoulder
we miss
our stop

we dance
on the glass
we broke

burn me with your touch
I’ll think of you
when I see the scars

 

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fingers intertwine
ivy climbing
the oak tree

the light of the sunset
in the horizon
your green eyes on me

slow fall
hoping
to never reach the end

holding your hand
greedy raccoons live
in my chest

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a gift 
to match her eyes 
sapphire necklace

the woman
in the painting
could I be her

grocery shopping
what i do
for love

thalassophobia 
he crosses the Pacific 
. . . . . . for me

© 2022, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication

 

 

breakup playlist
suddenly
5 hours long

first heartbreak
mother says
it won't be my last

I met you
now I know why storms are
named after people

breakup text
our names still together
carved in a tree

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sleepless night
alone
in a full-sized bed

empty water bottle
you always kept it
filled

taking shots
once again
friend zoned

drunk in love
maybe with too much
alcohol

 

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out of town meetings
just a coworker
a man with a double life

crumpled love letter
shoved in 
my father's desk

broken record
all i hear
when you speak to me

what used to be babe,
honey, sweetie . . . is now
cheater, liar, jerk

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guilt
I look at a photo
to remember your face

strangers
we once had
a whole life together

champagne poured
property divided
freedom

we colored
each other’s world
now its black and white

© 2022, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication.