RICHARD WILMARTH
UNEXPECTEDLY
when stephanie
said hello
i knew
i had
a future
if not
with
her 
with 
someone
else


 
 
FACTS

best friends
walk past
each other
without talking

lovers
once close
are overtaken
by bitterness

jobs
are lost
after years
of dedication

the healthy
turn weak
grow sick
and die

 


 
 
 
AGAIN

the old pain returned
unexpectedly
near midnight
in the form
of a letter
that said
good-bye

 


 
 
 
NIGHTMARE

the room
i saw
was there
in gray

the door
was locked
the air
was thin

my clothes
were torn
my life
was gone

i sat
& watched
& dreamed
again