“Rough Seas” © Tinamarie Cox

 

He’s Come Undone

like his striped necktie after
a long evening of brusque
goodbyes. He hangs it up
in his skeleton closet with shirts

and pants. And rants of
greener days when bread was
thick and honey glaze. Like his
shoelaces loose, untied

he kicked off and tossed
aside. Like a seatbelt unbuckled
after the ride he jumped out
on the fly. Like a rusty hinge

he does not hold. She wore him
down. Now he’s too old. The nest
he built fell apart, piece by
piece, tart by tart. 

 

Sandra Wyllie has been writing poetry for the last fifteen years. She has been inspired by two great poets, Anne Sexton and Charles Bukowski. She also enjoys nature, singing, and photography. Sandra Wyllie has been published several times in Ibbetson Street Magazine and Oddball Magazine. She has self-published many of her own on Amazon under Sandra L. Wyllie. She has her own YouTube channel under the name Sandra Lee Wyllie, where she talks about mental health and nature.

Tinamarie Cox is a poet and artist living in Arizona with her husband, two children, and a small pack of rescued felines. Her poetry and artwork have appeared in previous posts of Oddball Magazine, as well as many others.