First love

 

When I woke that night

and saw you lying with me

my heart became yours.

 

by Scooj

A photograph is not enough

 

Since you left, I long

to see your face, to talk, to

cup your hands in mine.

 

by Scooj

 

 

The frog and the princess

 

There’s always room for

two, when one of them is you

and the other’s me.

 

by Scooj

Tough love

 

It’s hard not to beat

yourself up after getting

mad with your children.

 

by Scooj

Love graffiti

 

Bold proclamation

of love, though I suspect she

no longer loves you.

 

by Scooj

Together

 

Unfurl in my arms

unravel in my embrace

safety in numbers.

 

by Scooj

Variation on a theme

 

With limited skill

I take my daughter’s tune and,

with love, embellish.

 

by Scooj

Digital social media

 

We three, thick as thieves

forty years ago, at last

are reconnected.

 

by Scooj

Before light

 

Exchanging glances,

glassy eyes smile in the dark;

a friendly “hello”.

 

by Scooj

Together

 

Forever enmeshed

our lives cannot be parted;

complementary.

 

by Scooj