Your soul awakens
Her to love she hadn’t known
As days filled a year.

First kiss as husband and wife. Photo by Clarice Bell, Don’s sister and matron of honor. The Plumas House, Reno, Nevada. Saturday, 12 October 2013.
It’s like glass breaking,
The crystalline tinkling sound
Of heart chords ending.
My mother’s pearl bracelet, gifted 15 years ago to her only daughter, worn as “Something Old” at her daughter’s wedding. Photo by Lindsey Naima Hemphill, owner of Naima Photography. The Plumas House, Reno, Nevada. Saturday, 12 October 2013.
Remove the plank, He said,
Then not only attended,
He gifted them wine.
She can’t come, she said,
And broke her sister’s heart clean
Like a knife on glass.
People, plans, parties …
Amidst the flurry I need
To rest in your heart.