Oh, the ambiguities of love! Published Nov./Dec. 2007, Coffee Press Journal, rights to J. Donald Coonrod.

Correspondence can bring
a flicker of eyes or a sudden
silence when one side says,
I love you.

Both wait for an outcome,
an avalanche from mountains
of life lived before, those
soft crystal moments and thousands
of words flowing in winter’s air.

Inside is a private flame, a
glow from me alone that says,
what you ask deep down is
really unknown, but yes,
I love you.