anticipation : to be mine

at my doorstep : possibly mine

sipping wine on couch, shoes slipped loose : becoming mine, becoming one

handing me a warm cup of coffee : as one

missing a dinner, forgetting to call : may have been mine

empty dresser drawers and a closet full of hangers : was never mine, had never been mine

wistful photographs inside books and magazines : the evidence of what could have been