In my time of crisis, words of encouragement from close friends were precious jewels I hid in my heart’s treasure chest.
marriage
Drops of Jupiter Part 4, Fall 2001
Our whole class stood in the hallway to view a critique
the first day of our final semester
and when you took your normal place beside me
I cut away to the far corner.
Confusion crossed your face
but you didn’t follow me.
Drops of Jupiter Part 3, Spring 2001
Your conversation that spring semester
warmed me like the bright sun
on winter afternoons.
Marriage blindsided me
with its onion peels
petty arguments
and unpaid bills.