those poems By Keith Pearson

he handed her a book of poems.

she leafed through the pages

and said

what is this

it makes no sense.

he said it’s not for now

it’s for later

sometime when you are alone

and want nothing more than

to be with someone

you cannot be with.

then you will understand.

so she put the book away

until there came

such a night.

she remembered the book

and took it down from the shelf

and as she began to read

everything

became

quite clear.

for d

keith pearson was born and raised in new hampshire and works at a local high school in the math department.