04 April 2007

fermented grape juice

He peeled her thin arms from around his neck. He stood. Wavy hair. He brushed his hand across his forehead. He stepped forward, turned around and smiled at her. She sunk back into the couch, cuddled in the deepest layers of blanket, and held her wine glass up to her face. She looked at him through the glass, bent and red, cloudy.
“I love you.” he said. “I’ll be back in an hour.”
Then he was gone.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

You have awesome poetry wow!

Bebe said...

thats very kind of you to say. thank you.

jessica said...

so simple yet so full of feeling and emotion... love it!