I have someone whom I loved,
love.
she is not far away,
nearly.
I only think of happy times,
sadly.
or since you
there were moments of pure happiness
that I experienced with you
that I experienced with no other
before you
or since you
but you made me angry
and you made me sad
and I felt loneliness
even while holding your hand
and I never felt that way
before you
or since you
now there is emptiness
a hole in my whole
and whatever I do
it’s never complete
because you are missing from my life
people talk of soul mates
I don’t know if they exist
but I never thought
that life was so precious
before you
or since you
In Love’s Twilight
In Love’s Twilight
My ninth book but who’s counting?
Two One-Act plays with small casts and minimal sets about senior citizens.
The Colliers, is an award winning comedy about the Collier brothers, who stayed with each other to the bitter end.
Fresh Yogurt, is a play which reminds us that it is never too late to fall in love.
Price $8.99
Paperback: 88 pages
Publisher: TKOIC Publishing (December 13, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1463743106
ISBN-13: 978-1463743109
Available through Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/1463743106
Or on my website – http://www.afwinter.com
Love is like Christmas 11/16/16
Love is like Christmas
The smell of freshly
Baked ginger cookies
From grandma’s kitchen
The brightly lit homes
Filled with welcomes welcome
The beautifully decorated tree
Holding gently
Memories of a lifetime,
Ornaments passed from
Generation to generation,
From friend to friend.
I walk down the quiet street,
Listening to the holiday parties
The laughter,
The stories
Of good times past
And memories of good friends passed.
Their lives continue
In the retelling of traditions
And of recipes recreated.
I walk down the happy street
Where tomorrow morning
Children will rise,
Jumping on their parent’s bed
Gleefully yelling,
Santa was here, Santa was here!
The living room will soon be filled with
Mountains of discarded wrapping paper and
The laughter of children
As they investigate the warranties of their gifts.
I stop outside my home.
The darkened rooms.
There is no smell of cookies.
No tree with brightly
Wrapped presents beneath.
Love is like Christmas for me.
Never had it, never will.
And the expectation every year,
Of what Santa will bring,
Of what love will bring,
Makes my home a prison,
Sentenced to my gloomy rooms,
Waiting for release.
I walk away from my prison cell
To a darker corner of my town.
Mrs. Wilson’s husband passed.
It is the first Christmas without him.
Their only son died in Vietnam
So very long ago.
She sits alone with a scrapbook,
And smiles with tears in her eyes.
Mr. Paneer’s wife left him,
Along with the kids.
She always trimmed the tree.
He didn’t buy one this year.
He wouldn’t, he couldn’t.
He drinks another round while
Looking into the empty corner.
Mr. Murry died last fall.
His house is dark.
A For Sale sign sits out front.
And that is all that is left of Mr. Murry.
I stopped.
A light snow falling down,
Seemed to glisten in the streetlight’s glow.
Dancing, dancing,
Slowly falling.
I held my hand out.
A snowflake landed in my palm
A moment before melting.
Love is like Christmas,
Like Christmas indeed.
From Sleeping With Macbeth By A.F. Winter
