one day at a time...

I'm pretty sure I saw it a couple of times. It's been so long, I thought I might have been mistaken. But it was real, brief but real. It brightened the room and warmed my heart.

L. Y.

an actual smile

the kind you do with your eyes

how I've longed to see.

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Wow! I'm so sorry...

It's been quite a while hasn't it? I've really been neglecting you.

Between finishing school, taking my final exams and dealing with my friend's depression and pain... life has been pretty full.

But the good news is, I got a 92 on my final and I graduated last Saturday! Yes!

I got the highest grade point average! Yes, I'm a happy camper.

Today I've been filling out online applications to take the National Certification Exam. Notarize this, photograph that and Pay Us... Whew, This is getting expensive! And after passing the Nat. Cert., I have to pay the Board of Nursing here in Virginia.

a cry in the dark...

i want it... need it,

just a touch, however brief

but you have no time.

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a word is enough

so, do you even want me?

at least tell me this

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what transgression?

i ask for something

and still you do not answer

is this punishment?

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delete... me?

an aggravation...

is that what I am to you

do I misconstrue?

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