ALL by Susan Isla Tepper

          for Simon Perchik (1923 – 2021)

All I can do is speak of love

your words and the color

of the sky

each breaking season—

Allow me to explain

my sadness at your leaving

so many felt that pain’s 

strange progression

in stops and starts.

All the while you knew

I still needed you.

Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty years published writer in all genres. Her current project is an Off-Broadway Play on the subject of art and life.