Elise Ambrosio Schneider has a bachelor’s degree in journalism/communications with extensive experience writing advertising copy and managing creative staff in the educational publishing industry. She lives in northern New Jersey with her husband and nine-year-old daughter.
Tears
By Elise Ambrosio Schneider
It’s for the best
It’s nature’s way
You’re young, you’re fit, you’re healthy.
(spilling)
Mrs Schneider
Call this number
He’s helped so many couples.
(sliding)
Results are in
It’s all good news
Who doesn’t love spring babies?
(quenching)
She’s here, at last,
So full of fire
But next time, plan a section.
(soothing)
Rooftop, raindrops
Shifting glider
Startled, how much she needs me.
(threatening)
Purple backpack
Hand tugged from mine
Away to find a cubby.
(drowning)
Anger, wounded
Life, her oyster
No longer filled with pearls.
(healing)
Turning footprint
Words unspoken
Her hands seek mine, same-sized
