TheBanyanTree: Morning

[Tori Wilfred]

Perfect. :)
On 4 Dec 2015 10:24 am, "Jeri Xiques" <jer.xiques at gmail.com> wrote:

> I like it too!!
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Mike Pingleton <pingleto at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Just lovely, Linda.
> >
> > :)
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Linda DeMerle <twigllet at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > The morning breaks gray
> > > awakening us with loud splats
> > > of rain flattening themselves
> > > on the skylight
> > > and the bed is so warm
> > > and smells like us
> > > so we linger there
> > > and lie close together
> > > like we did when we
> > > were young
> > >
> > > After breakfast
> > > he kisses me, softly
> > > on the mouth and tells me
> > > he loves me
> > > he pockets his phone
> > > ties on his shoes and pulls on
> > > his coat before he
> > > he pulls shut the door
> > > with a soft
> > > kind of
> > > authoritative
> > > almost-slam
> > > and brushes the keypad
> > > with the edge of his hand
> > > to lock me in
> > > like a treasure
> > > to keep me safe
> > > from marauding
> > > magazine sales ppl
> > > guys looking for work
> > > shoveling snow off roofs
> > > and Girl Scouts in parkas
> > > with umbrellas
> > > selling cookies
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>