Dating + Relationships – Page 25

Step Nine

December 11, 2016December 7, 2016 Robin Vigfusson

How shrewd of him to corner her at work since there was no door to slam in his face; she shared a space with four other women, but how could he have known that? Remarkably, he was obese. His ferrety leanness as a young man had seemed metabolic, but now Read more

I Dreamed of You Last Night

December 10, 2016May 26, 2023 Dori Owen

You found your way into my dreams again You are never unwanted You are such a welcomed change from nightmares that haunt me over and over again of my past husband leaving me in various creative ways. Of all places to be we were in Reno somewhere we both once Read more

I Am A Woman

December 5, 2016September 12, 2018 Katie Grudens

Don’t tell me I am too emotional to handle. Don’t tell me you love me just because you love my love handles. Actually, don’t ever call them love handles. My body was not made for you to hold on to. Grab onto. Pound into. If my body is all you Read more

Without You By My Side

December 1, 2016August 31, 2021 F.K. Jadoon

I look for you in the hidden dustiest corners of a colorless life. And when I don’t find you there, I die a little more; one breath, one heartbeat at a time… I make my way through life like a blind man seeking his way through darkness. Crashing into things, Read more

Day 42: Various Positions

November 30, 2016September 14, 2018 Amye Archer

For Leonard I’ve seen this room, and I’ve walked this floor. You know, I used to live alone before I knew you. The ceilings in my apartment in Wilkes-Barre are at least twenty feet high. I am not yet twenty-seven and am already divorced. When I come home drunk, I Read more

love. (lost?)

November 30, 2016August 19, 2021 Wendy C Garfinkle

i remember you. when first we met i, barely more than a child you, already touched by war. two different worlds converging. you overcame my shyness with your admiration for my writing skills. we talked and exchanged numbers. though we lived in the same town, rarely met face-to-face hours would Read more

Clearing the Air in the Friend Zone

November 30, 2016September 12, 2018 Brittany Nelson

He was Romanian, and I was smitten. A junior. Joint majoring in Linguistics and Psychology, Valentin was anything but ordinary. Quiet and shy, it had taken me an entire semester to get to this point. Just when I thought this friendship was going nowhere fast, he surprised me. The second Read more

These Are the Times

November 29, 2016August 13, 2021 John Michael Antonio

these are the times when I love you the most when the darkness arrives and the sun seemingly disappears you shine with a precious luminosity brightening our early morning kitchen manifestos and raging battle plans yes… with you my fellow warrior my indelible lover my equal I am ready to Read more