Thief

The stories seemed plausible
If I hadn’t known her for so long
I would have sat and listened for hours

Chill realization of mind astray
Crossed lines, white noise, a disturbance Occasional, at first anyway

This thief steals one pearl at a time
The loss difficult to find at first

This thief steals the now
Replaced by a past
More real than today

by Kathleen  Reynolds-Hughes, age 58, Kansas City, MO