R.M. Dolin, December 23, 2023 If you just need timeto sort through feelings,I’ll wait for you.If you need space to find a better place,I’ll wait for you.No matter the road or difficulties that lies ahead,I’ll always be waiting for you. Background poem for the novel, …
Read MoreDulce Noche Mi Sympatico
R.M. Dolin, December 28, 2023 Your overburdened life strains internal conflicts, leaving little room for love. As you deal with competing concerns, feelings for me get rolled up in a complex bundle of exhausted emotions you struggle to balance. I love you, and if the …
Read MoreFight for You
R.M. Dolin, December 26, 2023 Our love is sacred enough to fight for. The future we once dreamed is profound enough to fight for. You are the one pure thing worth fighting for. If any hope remains, let me come to you, let us hold …
Read MoreFinality of Forever
R.M. Dolin, December 26, 2023 A hawk circles in downward spirals casting long shadows on the quiet forest floor, heightening fears that challenge the value of retracing our finality of forever. You scurry from beneath a fallen log whose once lush branches have turned to …
Read MoreAngel’s Share
R.M. Dolin, December 2024 The despondent night closes in ona bitter day that’s drained every fiber of emotion. A dark relentlessness devoidof place and context dares me to facethe reality of dying having never been loved.I picture you fresh in my mind,a lingering scent providing …
Read MoreLa Dolce Vida
R.M. Dolin, 2013 Chance is just a man whose circumstances tend beyond his control. Better to live than simply exist is his tag line. Better to risk everything than count pennies on a couch. He knows better; at least that’s what he tells himself at …
Read MoreDia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
R.M. Dolin, 2013 Marigolds in orange, departed hues of aging Bourbon; the blank calacas may mask the moment but cannot sequester the soul. Outward existence only. Vivir el momento, for soon it is gone. The finality of no, like aging memories does not soften with …
Read MoreFour to a Flush
R.M. Dolin, 2013 Everyone can be read but what makes a gambler great is pushing people with chips and conquering them with bluffs. Chasing cards is like hunting pheasants with a pistol; the likelihood events unfold as planned is improbable. With four to a flush, …
Read MoreViva la Revolution
R.M. Dolin, 2013 Don’t’ go slow. Not when whispers of war loom just beneath the silence of sunrise. Look to the distance for metrics. Look inside for direction.
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