I LOVE YOU, you'd say
in the sand, by hand, with care
that spot, every day

The entire sum of existence is the magic

of being

needed by

just one person.

Help me to find

you when I search

for you.

I come to you

searching for courage

and comfort

to carry me through this day.

Thank you for being

near me when I reach

out to you for comfort.

And when I fall apart

you always put me back together again.                     Jon York   2019

these colors, these lights
strung on a tree of bare branches
twinkling on and on
there’s nothing to celebrate
and yet they shine away

Slowly and gradually, you'll start missing him
Slowly and gradually he'll be learning,
Learning to get over the fact that you denied his love,
All because you had eyes elsewhere.