When Are You Coming Back
I look at the door
You’re not there.
I stare at the couch,
You’re not there.
Closing my eyes
listening to my heartbeat,
I find you
soothing,
reassuring.
There’s no need to ask,
When are you coming back?
I look at the door
You’re not there.
I stare at the couch,
You’re not there.
Closing my eyes
listening to my heartbeat,
I find you
soothing,
reassuring.
There’s no need to ask,
When are you coming back?
Aviva Derenowski lives in Staten Island, New York. She practices Vipassana meditation for an hour twice daily. She published three books, including Talking to my mother - 99 anecdotes and edited the anthology Celebrating Our Mothers. Aviva published poems in Ariel Chart, Love & Spine Fiction Showcase, and Literary Yard; short fiction in Synchronized Chaos; and non-fiction in Communities.