Change of plans.
The ring he presented me sparkled as it captured the sunlight, setting the diamond aglow almost as if the diamond itself were a piece of the Sun, set into a…
See for Life, See Love
It is the end of all things that stood. It is the beginning of all things that live. A forest stretches and we hear the rustling of leaves on branches and we…
Chuchip (part 4)
“I take it back!” Chuchip stood and started climbing his way down his cliff. Ashkii was worried. Chuchip was normally such a sweet spirit, always moving with…
Summer is my Mother
I want to plan. But I never leave on time. Thank god you didn’t make that promise. We’ll never plan, And you’ll always want to leave. Smelling the…
Tacit Conversation
Fireflies put on a furtive show at the far end of the pond. For Devon they remained as muted and unseen as the stars above. The sky of his youth, a great humid…
Sanctuary
A river runs down I bid farewell To familiar land Summer brings new life Sanctuary I am enlightened Winter’s passing is near Inside of me I keep the summer
I could rule the world
Catch me if you can, for I’m the wind and I am strong.... Once upon a time a little girl got lost in the worlds. She stepped out her front door one day and…
Calm Before the Storm
Dusk is descending. With it comes calm. The sound of my footfalls on the stone roadway echo off the buildings. A black cat dashes across the road. A breeze…
Suddenly...
That brisk chill to the air caught me rather by surprise. Sure, I’ve waited patiently for the leaves to fall and the sticky weather turn chilly, but it came on…
Ulysses & The Baptist
The Baptist and Ulysses go way back. Their first steps upon these sacred grounds are still talked about by the right people, of course. They took this world by…
Time
Nobody can say What another year will bring. Certain things are guaranteed, Like the deaths of trees and Relief from the frost but What will my place be In the…
Gus n' Bone
“Long time no see, chub-zilla.” “That’s magical Bone, thanks for that,”Gus replied dryly. “Same ol’ prude, I’ve got plenty more-” “Yeah, I’m good.”…
Things Change
The rain poured. The rain thundered and pounded and seeped into everything. The little boy next to me frowned as he looked up at the roiling gray sky. “It only…
Oh-So-Real Me
So, I still feel the guilt. A little of it is over what I did. The look on those people’s faces. The ones I had hurt and betrayed and smiled at. If I had…
Consistency.
How silly of me to think I’d found A truly different you To think that I had come to know something special, something new. I held my heart, my guard was up…
Unlovable.
What is it about me that makes me so *unlovable?* Why am I *alone* every single day? What about me is so *wrong* so *vile* so downright *unattractive*…
End of an Era
The two men stared at each other. One word hung in the air between them, a big declaration occupying such a small space and making the gulf feel impassable…
Sudden Change for Shirl
“I’m having so much fun!” screamed Shirley in those final seconds of antic motions before she stepped on that fateful banana peel. Who could have known what…
Running spell
It was almost time. Sana’s tears were streaking behind her, taken by the wind as she ran. The rising moon made almost everything black or silver - only her…
The Cloud Factory
When I was small, my mate Tony and I used to cycle down to the open ground at the edge of town and play next to The Cloud Factory. It was some huge, complex…