Category Archives: loss of love

James was right about a lot of things

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Susan L Daniels

James was right about a lot of things and if he heard the words your lips made he would wonder if you would try ever to kiss me with that mouth or if I could taste past the bitterness rolled … Continue reading →

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best supporting actress

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

listening to your monologue about me as I apply to you, your definition of our relationship floods me with adrenalin, not love fingers folding to fists at my side, as I learn my motivation is really about you how I try to make … Continue reading →

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in losing this us

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you finally free your tongue from insults & blame use it for one last song I am long past humming with you the music you write for us in desperate sharps & flats twists rickety scale staircases I will not climb another step … Continue reading →

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just get over it already

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

there is no alternate ending where instead of offering up our palms in a mudra of helplessness or surrender we get the love back watching you piece this broken us together, like a jigsaw but with sharp edges and pieces … Continue reading →

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relational mechanics

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

finally, past pretending I force my eyes from the fixed point on the wall I was memorizing instead of listening and look at you; my eyes starting at the point I suppose your heart leaps beneath skin and sternum though … Continue reading →

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nothing in common

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

you ask why I love you & I answer, because of how you love the way you bring it to me with such tenderness & singularity a word I once used to describe my own offering of self to you; … Continue reading →

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