THE DAY WENT ON AND ON
I wanted to see her
but she didn’t respond to my call
I laid in bed
listened to Leonard Cohen
watched the walls turn puke yellow
held on to the hope
that there would be some way
some how
we could be together
I was pining
wasting
my life
for her
and she was worth it
©2024 Dan Flore III All rights reserved.
Dan Flore III’s poems have appeared in many publications. His 6 poetry books are Lapping Water, Humbled Wise Men Christmas Haikus, Home and other places I’ve yet to see, Pink Marigold Rays (Gen Z Publishing), Written in the dust on the ceiling fan, (Dead Man’s Press Ink), and Hospital Issued Writing Notebook (Querencia Press.)