Why Tet
Why
do I
always sigh
and start to cry
when romance comes to mind? Just for a while,
I savor past love's sweetness as I smile.
Then come the tears
and the fears
that sear
hope.
I
do cope
but being
alone, seeing
others in love reminds me--time's fleeing.
July, 2016, placed second in Eve Roper's Triple Tetractys Contest
Date: September 29, 2017
Contest: Standard 340 Placed second
Sponsor Brian Strand
April 25, 2019, entered in Charles Messina's Tetractys This Contest
Placed first
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