Certain
For Tom
There’s no use in stopping.
I will make up for my husband’s fallen
life by loving someone else.
I will know him when he sits
at the next table in a restaurant,
or passes me on the road.
I will know what to feed
his injured heart, how to steady
him from slipping, and will finally
be able to ride shotgun
without loosing everything.
I may even venture down roads
where horrid things happened,
certain they won’t happen again.
Donna Reis