Andrew Cyr

I needed room for deeperreflection in southern states.Life had knocked me downenough for one lifetime,but I’ll take more of the sameif Hannah remains beside mein the car that I drive along I-5,merging into the 405.We flipped a coin.Hannah wanted to visit her folks in Carolina.I had sights to see in Virginia.Carolina it was.From Seattle, we crossed state linesthat I never … [Read more...] about Naive Prejudice, By: Andrew Cyr

I had more to sayabout what I saidbefore a flood swayedmy heart with subtlerivers of love.The tide carried soft ripplesto an earshot of a whisper,pleading for peace,but indifference surfacedand bloodlust rearedits ugly head.Those hunkered in for sheltersaw a flash before they lost their lives.Still, love coursed through my veinsfor the sick in spirit and those buriedbeneath … [Read more...] about Love Over Bloodlust, By: Andrew Cyr

Lifeless faces had loomed over me,and death knocked with its earpressed against the door.Love was on the other sideof the edge of all that I understoodas I stood there on the concrete ledge,gaze cast below the surfaceas the ripples sparkledoff the autumn afternoon raysas clouds broke before the day’s end.As if to give up,I held up my hands as a breezecaressed my fingers.My … [Read more...] about Love Is Life, By: Andrew Cyr

From my office, I observed Roslynhang up her phoneand lob it across her deskas though its grip burnedwords before said words became her enemy.She cried and tried to hide it.Roslyn held her face in her hands.She said nothing.But her trembling said morethan I’d wanted to know.But the effort to feign normalcy caughtmy attention.I fixed my hair in the mirror.I cupped my mouth and … [Read more...] about Who’s Dating You?, By: Andrew Cyr

Roslyn talked of him often.I massaged her frustrationwith an empathetic expressionbaked in my eyes,wrinkled at the corners.But what she told me was nothingof the romantic kind.I’d listen as Roslyn spoke in circlesto justify his behavior before he lefther for the arms of another one nightstand that turned into morethan he’d bargained for.Roslyn’d been crying in a wine glassat … [Read more...] about Roslyn’s Suitor, By: Andrew Cyr