The Unraveling

                  you never asked for anything
                          not even an answer
           to that unspoken question between us

      then one day i looked up and you were gone

 now i'm left wondering if i should have offered more

                         who were you, really?
                               who were we?

      our time together was like a spring ephemeral
        growing through the last of winter’s snow
                      a sprout
                                     a bud
                                             a bloom
                                                            a blossom

                       how will I flourish now?

This poem was published in laid bare, an art and poetry booklet by Diane Perazzo and Barbara Brown. 2025.