Quiet Reverb

empty bedrooms

leave the light on

silent voices

echo through the hallway

the house bones creak

quiet reverb

long gone laughter

rings in my ears

still photographs

memories play

quiet reverb

the clock ticks

ghosts take up space

in the quiet

reverb

My Rose

Thursday left me shattered

An ocean, I cried

The day my Rose lost her petals

Falling leaves outside

Raining teardrops inside

September left me in pieces

Made a river from my tears

The day my Rose wilted

Gray clouds outside

Blue on the inside