Ella O'Connor
Love at Fifty
The couple across the street stop by
to thank me for the origami roses.
He ate a business card during lunch,
she laughs.
Places her hand on his shoulder
steering him back to a home he can no longer find
ten yards away.
I lose my mind for her, too.
Ella O'Connor is a web design student working in publishing. She loves concerts, traveling, and the beach. This is the first poem she has ever submitted. You can find her work at: https://www.behance.net/ella_oconnor
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The couple across the street stop by
to thank me for the origami roses.
He ate a business card during lunch,
she laughs.
Places her hand on his shoulder
steering him back to a home he can no longer find
ten yards away.
I lose my mind for her, too.
Ella O'Connor is a web design student working in publishing. She loves concerts, traveling, and the beach. This is the first poem she has ever submitted. You can find her work at: https://www.behance.net/ella_oconnor
Return to July 2022 Edition