Andrew Cyr

Maybe Lilian shouldhave listened When her motherwarned her about me And what love meanton the other sideof a wide-eyed selfie. Pictures lie worsethan an eyewitnesson the standwith a sweetheartdeal for time served. Lilian gave me hermother’s opinion,knowing she didn’tagree, But she said itlike a used car dealertelling youthe sale was as is. Don’t bring it … [Read more...] about Repairing Hearts, By: Andrew Cyr

I shouldn’t have,but I gave an inchto temptation,and oh my Godit took me througha green riverwith salt water,stinging my loneliness,and flowing throughmy veins. I had an itchto call Avato drop herlove bombs. She had a prettyname for a torturedsoul with an afterglowof God’s favorite angel. Ava’s long, red hair spiraledto the small of her backback when I lookedher over … [Read more...] about Temptation And Love, By: Andrew Cyr

Dancing flames crackedover oak logs in December. The cold of the yeardrew my hands closeto warm them But not too closeto touch Much that happened(this year especially)left a breeze as if outside,missing a coat But not even a sweater couldwarm me inside with a heatthat I couldn’t bear to touch Evelyn split withher husbandto lie with mea man who wasn’ther … [Read more...] about A Year of Change, By: Andrew Cyr

Silas steepled his handsand rocked in his dark office chairas he prayed for distancebetween the call and the flightto attend his estranged father’s funeral.He gazed out his large tinted windowat the Yakima River rippling over itselfand Greenway with gold and brownleaves camouflaging the trimmed lawnthree stories below his office.People jogged and walked their dogsthrough the … [Read more...] about Grief Meets Love, By: Andrew Cyr

It was a Thursday morning.And unlike Wednesday,I knew where I was goingshouldn’t be somewhereI wanted to go, but I did.Go. I wanted to leave this houseand this bustling town of drunksand stochastic manipulation. Besides, I wasn’t what her newhusband wanted, and he saidshe needed to pick.I got the short end of the stick. I didn’t know the route, and anyway,anywhere would … [Read more...] about Anthem Of A Kid Unwanted, By: Andrew Cyr