Suddenly, pangs of loneliness crep
As he sat at a corner table all al
Months since any of his friends, h
Nor has he spoken to anyone on the
Unanswered, his calls have been

Face of an angel
Her looks melt his lovesick heart
Throbbing just for her
Roses are ashamed to bloom
When around her crimson lips

In the porch, a swing painted whit
Where starry-eyed lovers used to s
Now empty in the morning sunlight
For hearts no longer in unison bea
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Black birds all in flight
Acrobatic explosion
Darkening the sky
Bad weather coming
As the starlings warn the world

After thirteen years
I bid farewell
To a faithful friend;
My constant companion
When I was all alone!

It’s helplessness I feel
Whenever I look at her
Knowing quite well
We’d never be together
It is love unrequited

Our lives a fresh canvas at birth
For limitless possibilities exist
Opportunities abound here on earth
Welcome to a future the Fates kis
We gaze in the mirror, amplify our

My young son threw a ball at me
But sadly, he caught me unaware
And it bounced right in front of m
Oh! I melted at his wounded stare
Perhaps more focused I should be

“Sweetie, it’s not you, it’s me!
I care about you, don’t you see?”
It seems he hears that everyday…
It’s an awful, hurtful cliché…
And so ends his latest romance

A lovely bird cage
Antique ornate bejeweled
Glum blue jay inside
How tragic that such beauty
Can inflict tremendous pain

As we grieve the passing of anothe
Our mending hearts shattered one m
We reach out to heaven, ask what w
Forsaken we are, though guilty of
But here we stand firm, our faith

the starlit harbor view
peeked in from the window
moonbeams bathe them
they cast a giant shadow
on the wall,