We are a couple in two couches

I don’t know when it started, maybe two weeks… maybe two years ago

Something is tearing us apart and at this point, there is nothing else that I can do

Dear You,

What would have happened if a year ago, when you were on the floor drunk and sobbing, I had let something besides genuine, healthy affection shine through?

What would have happened when instead of calling your spouse, you stayed on the phone with me for an hour while I held your world…

Forgot To Say Goodbye

I’m not very good at saying goodbye.

Unfortunately, my hesitation in saying so long has often been mistaken for carelessness. When I left the East Coast for the Bay Area, I gave my closest friends a curt two-weeks notice and did not even do so much as to inform…

Saying Goodbye to a Father

Dear Rick,

Hello old friend. I am writing you to tell you a few things in hopes that you will know how much you impacted my life. It is my wish for you to know that I adore you immensely. I have always held a special place for you in my memory and heart. I wish to share a…

Blue Skies Ahead

I drove downtown today, looking for an office building. I came upon the court house before I realized where I was and it stopped my heart for a moment. Not because I want you in my life, because the friend I thought I had in you doesn’t actually exist. She’s a facade, and a shallow one at that.

A Letter

This is goodbye.

You do not seem

to grasp my meaning

when I say it.

Let me be frank, dear.

Goodbye