Andrew Cyr

I set the last of the brown boxeson the floor in the living room of the vacant farm home.The movers had two trips to make,most of which they'd removed on the first.I didn't want to be here,but I needed closure.Maybe it was a little selfish,but Grandma forced it upon me.I put the family portraits into orange bins with black lids.The bare walls made my skin crawl.The memories … [Read more...] about Boxing Memories, By: Andrew Cyr

Lupine bloomed purplewith shades of pink and white.I brushed my hands over the showyyellow arrowleaf balsamroot.I spent my lifegripping either sideof the bathroomsink, bathing in my insecurity.I dated women who shamedme into keeping them around.After Michelle moved to Texas,I released the depressionin my chest.I grappled with perfectionismand that’s left me singleand unhappy.I … [Read more...] about Love In Bloom, By: Andrew Cyr

Natalia curses me outwhen she consumes winelike a sailor stumblingout of her mind.She never says what about,only that she can’t stand lifewith or without me.The distance that I’ve wedgedbetween us unraveledthe trapped that I set before myself.I, in our new home, was too busywith everything else.I didn’t think of anyoneother than myself.I didn’t think of Natalia.We lived … [Read more...] about Avoiding Attention, By: Andrew Cyr

On a brisk Seattle morning,Dylan caught me, a thinker,hook, line, and sinkerwhen she fishedfor a lover on a site with profiles.She scrolled to mine.Dylan bit her bottom lip.She wondered what my browneyes said behind closed doors,and whether she could kiss my thick lips.It’s what she imagined,so told the story often,especially when people asked how we met.Dylan’s eyes lit upand … [Read more...] about Caught For Keeps, By: Andrew Cyr

A profound exchangeamong seductive tryststhat I avoided for Natalia.Natalia wore the key to my hearton a necklace.Natalia fidgeted with itwhen she wonderedwhether what we had was forever.And had I cheated, I had in mindwhat would happen.Betrayal would’ve tappedme on the shoulder.I’d manipulate conceptsto reword memoriesthat knitted trustto define still shots of lifeand defy the … [Read more...] about Betrayal Free, By: Andrew Cyr