For Love of Love

Sacrifice —
Sleep.
Desire.
Grandeur.
And glamour.

Palate.
Privilege.
Longing.
And craving.

For —
Moments.
Meltdowns.
And marvels.

Motherhood.

Rode the Six Hundred

define war

We are naught without our beliefs,

they said

We have to defend our rights,

they said

We should show them who we are

they said

“Forward! Charge for the guns,”

they said —

based behind ballistic glass.

The Things We Care About

The mark of husbandry.

He raised the dogs,

and praised the cats.

Tended to fish too

and abandoned mom.

Exchange Offer

I screamed, and screamed, and screamed.

I swore, I cried, and I tried

I want you back to rest on my back

And love like we swore we would

But when you went under that bumper

And I saw just your jumper

I knew you were gone.

I knew we were gone.

But then came Jimmy,

Someone, they said, to love,

To heal the scars you left me with.

But one dog for another —

Love doesn’t work that way.