"The Talks," A Young Widow's Post

One of the things
I miss most
is the talks.

The "Did you sit down and
eat your
lunch today?"
talks.

The "What did you do?
Is it confidential?"
talks.

The "Do you wanna go out?
No, let's
stay here and chill."
talks.

The
"Don't forget to
take off your glasses
when you
go to sleep."
talks.

The
"You fell asleep
in your
glasses again."
talks.

The
"Please don't
burn the
breakfast sausage."
talks.

The
"Keep the gas
at the halfway mark
in the car!"
talks.

The
"We ain't eatin'
no more of this
nuts and seeds bread."
talks.

The
"You need to
leave that alone and
go to sleep."
talks.

The
"Just come here and
lay down beside me."
talks.

The
sitting up
worrying about
family stuff
talks.

The
remember when
we first met
talks.

The
apologies after
family fights
talks.

The
disagreements over
dinner vegetables
talks.

The good talks.
The bad talks.
The sweet and sad talks.

The talks...
One of the things I
miss most.

-T. D. James-Moss