I awake in tears,
crying for the things
I want to do for you.
Crying for those things
I cannot do for you.
My flaws more evident this morning
than in the ghost of yesterday.

Arlene Antoinette is a lover and writer of poetry. Additional work by her may be found at Foxglove Journal, The Feminine Collective, Girlsense and Nonsense, The Open Mouse, Little Rose Magazine, Tuck Magazine, I am not a silent Poet and Neologism Poetry. Thank you for reading her work.