Expectations

Absence

for thirty years
your presence
was defined
by your absence;
now, 
you inveigle yourself
into my daily life,
expecting connection;
and I can only…

Unprepared

One Line Poetry Prompt

The dishes stagnated in piles,
in the overflowing…

A Medium’s Expectation

The Medium whispered to the Poet,

in life, I only expect that you speak your truth, and keep…

Expectations

Turned, too close
To knife

Survive

Succumbed to substance, kick’s about to arrive

Interpreting

Unvoiced expectations
raise waves of hope
at interpreted cues — 
only to dash 
into disappointment
on the shores of reality

Dash-ed Expectations

Gave-up the washboard abs
Drinking the 6-pack instead
Maybe sexy pectorals
But man boobs hard to shed
High hopes now…

Expectations

He wanted to make her smile,
and maybe he did, for a while,
but in the end he just built a wall between them.