Hindsight

Softly
fingers brush
against hesitation
bottled tight
beneath buzzing skin.

Holding your gaze
slowly
too enured to defeat
to read
the deep water.

Vulnerability
too promising
for my expectations
lurks
in your smile.

Times Change

The vision crack'd
from side to side;
shattered reflections
held by nothing
but old habits.

The sell-by date
has long gone by.

Reprieve

Holidays float
on memory's tether
untouched
by present quandaries.

Gone in a flash,
they are timeless.