the worst time to let go

is the moment you realize
that it just might work out

hindsight

when everything was right
and yet there was something
that I couldn't put a finger on
i should have known
that what was missing was magic

You should've read:
थाहा हुनुपर्थ्यो
Dud Hallucination
I should've known

sure, you don't wanna part either

but i am the one who has to come back to an empty house

second best

loading a big bulky walker
into a tiny car
pushing pulling
(silently) cursing
then unloading
stinky bird poop
chilled, hardened knuckles
paper cuts from ice
heavy boxes
tension depression frustration

A nice day makes it so much easier

Since i cannot have you to make it better
i will take the second best (any day)

i know it's for the best

but it doesn't help.

what I like about you

I would say you are pretty
but I am gonna say it last
because you are so much more

(is what i would like to hear)

dissertation

a year of slog ends up as
one article in the newspaper
and one morning's tea table conversations