Andrew Cyr

The nightly news replaysbreaking news of thosesuffering from a conflict for profit.Smoke bellows above the horizonfrom missile strikes.We pretend the deadaren’t people or elsewe’d have their deathon our conscience.Families talk to the TV,but it says nothing in return.Warplanes bomb neighborhoods.And divided opinions blur morality.But only the poor crawlout of smashed concrete.A … [Read more...] about Breaking The News, By: Andrew Cyr

War more, forever more.Politicians sitting on the sidelineshave no qualms about sending people’ssons and daughters to fightin a war of their creation.Sandra and I talked about it over coffeein a crowded Yakima cafe.We catch up over lost time,but the only thing we have in commonis that our brothers’ lives were changed for the worse.A genocide to slay tortured soulscreeps into … [Read more...] about War, It’s For The Poor, By: Andrew Cyr

Moreen’s motives tastelike forgiveness.Her stylist separatedher long, stringy, dark hairwith foil for blonde highlights.Moreen arrived after,running her fingers throughthe length of the final product.She bit her bottom lip, winked,spun around, and asked my thoughts.The crystal in her emerald eyescaught what she saidbut not what I meant.My jaw dropped.I chimed in my two … [Read more...] about Moreen’s Stylist, By: Andrew Cyr

It’s a house on the hillthat we can’t afford to build.My lips of misery shoutthrough the skeletons rattlingwarning signs in my closet.I sealed my heartwith a ball and chain of what’s next.She says it’s love, but it’s more the ideathat starved her secret affair with seclusion.The moment she realizesshe’s enamored with affectionand not in love with me;I’ll be tipsy, savoring love … [Read more...] about Our House, By: Andrew Cyr

Ana sat beside meon a barstool.Her calming presencemassaged my muscles.The dim lightsand empty dancefloorushered in the conceptof contempt for solace.I sipped water over rocks.No more gin on ice to taste,only cold water for me.Maybe you’re right.You don’t deserve me.On that, we can agree.But what you see,who you fell in lovewith was forgedon the rocky brink of a disaster.Ana … [Read more...] about Worthy Of Your Love, By: Andrew Cyr