I Love So

You’ve been gone
for at least thirty naps,
but I hardly noticed
between all these baths.
I know soon you’ll be home
and you’ll bring me a fish
and then it’s back to bed
where I’ll make a wish.
I wish that you’ll come home,
but first you’ll have to go,
in order to bring me another
fish that I love so.

© Autumn and Emilita Siders 2018

Nothing More

Somehow this weekend
turned to something more
and even though I didn’t know,
it’s what I was waiting for.
But weekends must end
just as dreamers must wake
and my heart is to guarded
for you to just take.
Monday will arrive
just like Death at my door
and you’ll be a memory,
only this and nothing more.

© Autumn Siders 2018

Make Your Move

Everyone has gone
and it’s just us,
waiting for the other
to make her move.
The longer I wait,
the more I think
I read this all wrong.
The longer you wait,
the more I want to ask.
That smile, your laugh,
the way your neck
looks so desirable
when you throw your head back.
If I am still here
and so are you
and the bar is closing
then it must be true.
Hurry up and ask
before it’s too late,
not just in the evening,
but in this unexpected fate.

© Autumn Siders 2018

#tbt

Fortune favors the bold
but how unfortunate for you
that boldness destroys
every single thing you do.

Tomorrow cannot bring
what today could not
when broken promises
are the only thing you’ve got.

Life can beat you down
and love can lift you up
but only you can decide
how full or empty is your cup.

© Autumn Siders 2014

Sudoku

Numbers one through nine

twenty-seven times align

and now, it’s bedtime.

© Autumn Siders 2018

Summer Drive

Blacktop,
dark sky,
no lights,
miles fly,
moonbeams,
fresh breeze,
lost dreams,
hands on knees,
frogs croak,
bugs sing,
smell of smoke,
a summer thing.

© Autumn Siders 2018

What it Is

It’s not that I mind being alone,
in fact I enjoy it,
which I think you knew
all too well.
It’s not that my heart is broken
or that I can’t go on,
’cause the truth is
it’s not, I have.
It’s not that things didn’t work out
or that we went our separate ways
or that I was wrong and you were right
or I was right and you were wrong.
It’s that the way your hand,
felt in mine
was like being home
by the fire
on a cold winter night.

© Autumn Siders 2018

Spit and Shine

Your hands better be clean
if you’re going to pet the queen.
Do you know how long it took
to achieve this perfect look?
An hour on each paw
is standard feline law
and no one quite knows
how much time is spent on toes.
This shiny coat you see
is natural beauty
but a little spit and shine
is a work that is all mine.

© Autumn and Emilita Siders 2018

Back in the Day

Remember when things
were simple
and people were kind
and love, ample?

No? Neither do I.
Can anyone really say
that times were better
way back when?
Just because you didn’t see
the hatred,
the violence,
the animosity,
doesn’t mean
it didn’t exist.
Your innocent eyes
and pure heart
were just amiss.

So, don’t take me back
to a simpler time
but move me forward
to a happier one.