Wild in Love
Ode to old love
You hold up the wall
with your lean back, and a grin
that says, I know how good I look here
in the dim gray dusk,
slim and hale and raw,
hat brim bent low. The full head tilt.
And that gaze,
true as a stag
in the wild,
but with a beer in hand.
I nod. I’ve seen this play. I know this act.
My cue to exit. I turn away. You and your sham free ways
won’t work on me.
Yet,
here you are in the pale dawn of morn, that same face,
calm and tame,
sly eyes
that even when shut, seem to wink
at our love over and over and over.
About the Creator
Vivian R McInerny
A former daily newspaper journalist, now an independent writer of essays & fiction published in several lit anthologies. The Whole Hole Story children's book was published by Versify Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. More are forthcoming.
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Final Call
She flings her arms around my neck and squeezes me like she’s never going to let me go. My head spins as her lips brush against my cheek. She must be able to feel my heart thumping in my chest. I shuffle backwards and ram my hands into my coat pockets, watching her reach down and heave the rucksack across her shoulders.
By Caroline Craven3 days ago in Fiction
Comments (3)
Awww, this was so wonderful! I loved it!
This is soooo lovely. A complete love story! I adore how you did this. The ending is perfect, and I want to keep reading it over and over.
Excellent visuals here Vivian! You might want to replace the five-letter word “snort”, but otherwise it’s perfect!