R.M. Dolin, January 1, 2024 Fog lifts its cold steel veil for just a moment before slamming shut in an impenetrable wall of barriers built to block our most perfect future. For that moment I see in the far away distance, the life I believed …
Read MoreShattered Pieces
R.M. Dolin, January 1, 2024 It’s easy to fall in love, especially with someone as profound as you. A tender touch, a gentle smile, the warm way you hold me at night to reassure my anxious soul, this is all that’s required. It’s equally easy …
Read MoreCowboys Aren’t Supposed to Cry
R.M. Dolin, December 27, 2023 Just so you know, cowboys aren’t supposed to cry. But the muscle and magic of our love saddles me with a vulnerable weakness I embrace. In my tears I taste life as it’s meant to be lived, a complex cocktail …
Read MoreUnwritten Poem
R.M. Dolin, December 2, 2023 Dust does eventually settle, but not in ways that allow for logic, compassion, or tender reflection, which is why this must remain my unwritten poem. . .
Read MoreA Still Small Part of You
R.M. Dolin, December 23, 2023 A still small part of you has always loved me, always will. Overshadowed by demanding distractions preventing us from taking necessary steps toward abundant joys you’re afraid to embrace and feel you don’t deserve. We are meant to be together, …
Read MoreEscaping Sadness
R.M. Dolin, December 23, 2023 There’s a sadness you try to hide but can’t escape, causing me to worry and invent ways to ease your burden. You keep me locked outside your inner world, preventing us from diving deeper toward each other, from discovering a …
Read MoreBanishing Fear
R.M. Dolin, December 23, 2023 Your intentions are pure, yet I’m always playing from behind. You’re afraid to fall completely in love; afraid of what your Ex will say, afraid of what your family might think, afraid of what would happen if you freed yourself …
Read MoreUncharted Territory
R.M. Dolin, December 23, 2023 I wander aimlessly in this strange new land, a barren place devoid of borders or boundaries. A man without a country, a country without a cause. You’ll always be my one true love. I know this because this uncharted territory …
Read MoreWilderness of Regret
R.M. Dolin, December 23, 2023 Another sleepless night spent methodically dissecting all those times I sensed your hesitation, beating myself up for not saying something when I know I should. Final judgement is painfully harsh, banished to the isolated wilderness of regret where moments of …
Read MoreMore Than Love
R.M. Dolin, December 23, 2023 It’s more than just the depth of my love, it’s the shattered dream of our most perfect future. I can’t imagine never seeing you again. Never taking quiet walks in the forest or along that lake where the old man …
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