Ron Gavalik, Pittsburgh Poet

Love Letter #392

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Ron Gavalik, Pittsburgh Poet
May 05, 2026
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I will always remember
your sympathy for my weary
heart. The soft mattress.
The mornings full of sex.
Coffee chats. Afternoons of exhausted
friendship. The nights of giggles and kisses.
Deep sleeps while your soft ass pressed upon
my scarred existence. You taught me
to stop slogging through the sludge of mediocrity
and to love without reason.
In you there was reinvention.
The poetry flowed with new meaning.
Cooked food tasted of purpose
and labor led to new rewards.
After your absence, what remained of me
was less of a man, but more of a person.
Faith found. Art embraced. Delicate delights
became better understood. Never again
will I doubt that which I once doubted.
Always– your memory shall haunt
my mattress, coffee mug,
and the lonely, exhausted afternoons
after each day's labor
has come to an end.

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