I listened to my boss’s pep talk. Let me make this clear as crystal to all of you.You’ve heard, I … More
Tag: #Relationships
Disappointing You
It’s no secret you’ve hoped NASA’d fly me to the moon Have me bounce around the dark side for a … More
The Homecoming (Part Five)
In this post-pandemic world, travel had become trickier. On top of the health layers, people didn’t act the way they … More
Customers
I see them pop up.It’s not really so unusual here.I imagine the dialogue, There, you say, no there.Yes, that’s it. … More
Love Struck
My eyes burning and blurry fixed on the Honolulu International Center arena where she’s with her family at a kung … More
Breakfast After a Bad One
Old lovers are ghosts, pass the pancakes,pass the syrup, blueberry, not maple, please,the way they shift themselves into our consciousness,when … More
Hearing Loss
What’s that you’re saying under your breath,a curse or a blessing for me, you’ve done both well.I’ve grown to known … More
The Bibliophile (100 words)
“I love books,” he says, standing next to one of the massive shelving units in his study, his shoulders rounded … More
The Fire Escape
The fire and the sirens woke everyone up. The sky was bright orange and red. I knew it when I … More
Remember this one?
It’s us sitting on a seawall.Maybe somewhere near Waikīkī.I don’t know.Great photo though.We’re both looking down and toward each other.We’re … More
High Stakes
Ed had been in a bad auto accident. More precisely he’d been hit when he was crossing Beretania Street near … More
An Aloha Shirt
Retirement had been half, half good so far. The bad side was that he still had never established a routine … More
What I’m Looking For
What are the three things you’re looking for most in a partner? Hmmm . . . Well, I want to … More
A Marriage of Two Minds
“So what do you think it looks like?” she asks. We’re head to head, lying on the grass, staring up … More
No Game Stop
We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe … More
burn that mother down
I stare into a mirror sometimeswhere we bathed in a fiery lakebaby seen over my shoulder those gray eyesI can’t … More
Books as old friends
I read you again, silent words and fading pagesturn them, weighing the paperthe memory of our first touchI close my … More
I know about first love
I’ve been there and I can tell youexactly what it’s like. For sure youhoped she’d be someone special, the one, andwow … More
The Gardener
I’m watching through the running glass window, an old one from 1926.I see my father, his figure slightly distorted in … More
Footsteps (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 11)
Father and son sat on the lānai of their Punchbowl home. The sunset was one of those spectacular Hawaiian ones so … More
