A L O H A From
H O N O L U L U
I’ve never lost sleep
Over a kindness I've done.
Those moments dissolve
Like sugar in tea—
Sweet then gone,
leaving only warmth
In my cup.
Those moments dissolve
Like sugar in tea—
Sweet then gone,
leaving only warmth
In my cup.
But the times I held back
kept my umbrella shut,
let the elevator doors close,
or left a silence sitting there,
heavy as a stone,
Those are the ones
That follow me home.
let the elevator doors close,
or left a silence sitting there,
heavy as a stone,
Those are the ones
That follow me home.
The sharp thing
I thought it would be,
But a slow drip
From a faucet I never fixed—
Sounds of water
Pooling in the quiet
Long after midnight.
If I could go back,
I’d spend kindness
Like loose change,
Scatter it in the grass,
Leave it in coat pockets
For strangers to find.
Like loose change,
Scatter it in the grass,
Leave it in coat pockets
For strangers to find.
Because it’s the
Unopened hand,
The word I didn't say,
That lingers with regret
Unopened hand,
The word I didn't say,
That lingers with regret
Not the gift given,
But the one withheld,
Still waiting
for me to give it.
Cloudia Charters
That is a good question
for you to ask, not a
wise question for
me to answer.
Anthony Eden
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Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia
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