Waterfall
Unknown to all but the wise, a waterfall protects THE secret. It is a unknown because only the few who know, know and those few will never reveal what they…
Falling Apart Versus Fell
Jenkins broke another clipboard yesterday. Someone threw a mouse and took out an ‘Exit’ sign. I think I heard Mallowitz crying in her cubicle on Friday. They…
Time To Close Dark Chapters
“We should go in,” she whispered, her voice a delicate breeze. Devin nodded, head and heart heavy, “Yes, it’s time.” He paused, breathed deep the languid air…
"I fell down."
The snowy pavement rushed up to greet me, and I had no choice but to greet it, as well, with open arms. Over my clumsy fourteen years, me and the ground had…
Lessons at the Academy: Gravity and Erosion
Even though it was only a few meters, the climb down had been much easier, perhaps fueled by his need to escape the bullies. Now Daffyd’s left eye was swollen…
From the Library of Failure, A Jenny Nowhere Prologue 1
Jenny clung tightly to the rope. Below her, clouds spun around the violet mouth of the Scar. Searing winds roared around her and she raised her voice to…
Friends are not friends.
Spinning Swirling Sideways Falling Turning Trying Tumbling Calling Overdosing, Not my choosing. You can blame me All you want. But I was pressured. Not my…
Emphasis.
This feeling, this drowning falling crashing. This reaching grasping emptiness. This helpless despair depressing. I feel gone lost floating. Seeping through…
And so he falls?
A two-step to the choice. A commitment made of the present As it’s very nature contorts and yields. As when by a superior force. Defenses shatter. Tender…
Zones of Impact
Rocks skittered away as I lost my balance. For a moment time stretched out; I was suspended on the edge of eternity. Then I was falling. Head over heels, I…
Falling for Thieves
You stole my eyes. You stole my lips. You stole my hands. And now my heart. I wake up. You’re in my arms. I wake up. You’re on my mind. Each of these…
A Heart for You
I can tell you my heart is not the best. It’s a lot less perfect than you would have guessed. Been broken and put back together, Made it through the roughest…
The Fall
The portable radio tinnily blasted out a crappy pop song as Marcus continued to hammer in the tiles on his roof. Today was hot, to say the least. The air…
Falling waitng to fly
I feel as if I’m floating in a vacuum, an empty space without you. I can not stop from falling. I can, but refuse to reach out. My refuge is an arm’s length…
A Poor Decision
Without hesitation, gravity took over and sucked Jane speedily toward the canyon floor. Fear began to overwhelm her and she struggled to twist her body to face…
Don't tell the children...
I heard a loud crash as he slipped; On his large, fat ass he had tripped. His neck, it had broken His face, it was swollen And out of his nose, red blood…
A different kind of epic
Falling fast, he pumped his legs uselessly, felt a ledge slip through his fingers, then fell past the behemoth altogether. 5,000 ft to go...
A Million Delicious Little Pieces
Honestly, we’ve all done it. Because our lives are so busy, so fast and we have so little time for patience, we multi-task, multi-carry, and multi-function. If…
Open the Window
If they could do it, why couldn’t he? Seething with jealousy, he would watch them soar through the sky. Every beat of their wings, every groundward swoop…
Raindrop
Awakening to a new and strange world, I fall briskly through the turbulent air. Freshly birthed from Mother Cloud, I descend with my brothers and sisters to…