THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

Red and green lights bright on the jagged steel horizon
scraping the clouds as it towers
above the melee
heart racing
she climbs
up
up

down
down
he climbs
heart broken
below, he grieves
scraping thoughts of her from his mind
Red and green traffic lights still the love that could have been

WHERE LILACS BLOOM

Once
Twice
our lives
intertwined
but drifted apart
and yet you linger in my thoughts.

Sun
Moon
Are we
opposites?
Or can we explore
similarities between us?

Come
Now
meet me
at the place
where lilacs blossom.
Not even their scent can mask yours.