Tag Archives: heartache

Only Love

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Chance, happenstance, accidental, but maybe fate. His voice, oh, his voice, indelible in her heart even decades later. Strong, gentle. Kind and insightful. Her, all wrong, too slow to recognize love, one love, the only love, and then he was … Continue reading →

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Holding Rain

Posted on May 8, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Waiting in the rain, tears collecting in her hand, waiting for her One, her someone, for no one. Someone for everyone, wasn’t that what she’d heard? If that was so, maybe her One had lost their way? Maybe she had … Continue reading →

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Self-Deception

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

So many years, so many decades, each filled with truths, lies, and deceptions. The self-deception of long ago burned deepest, a memory vivid, him playing his guitar before he was gone. She was someone else then, living a different life, … Continue reading →

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Stars

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

You questioned without words, pleading. My heart, languishing before the fall, my lips caressing a whisper. Even stars die, they thrive as glistening in my eyes, falling to your finger when I say goodbye. ©July 2017, September 2020 Christina Anne … Continue reading →

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In Memory

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

In that moment so brief in our lives my heart thawed because you found my light. I wanted to embrace you, but darkness fell and we passed out of sight. New paths carried us in opposing directions, taking us farther … Continue reading →

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The One Behind the Camera

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

She took selfies that were something else, that were what she imagined photos would look like if he was taking them. There’d be a quirky smile for him and him alone, a teasing sparkle in her eye, a profound love … Continue reading →