The Horizon
Standing at the edge of the surf- Breeze blowing in light gusts- My dress whipping back and forth against my legs- The waves break softly across my ankles as…
A Blue Ridge Memory
The shadow races across the blue ridge Sitting on the stone wall, lost in each other Not a care in the world for that moment As the sun cast it’s shadow Little…
Tension
“What are you thinking about?” he asks me and I stare at him wide eyed for a second wanting to say, “I’m thinking about work and how maybe it’s not going to…
My first post in the website
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The Best Birthday In years
It was the best birthday I’d had in years. There was no cake, no ice cream, no balloons ; just he and I- on a blanket under the stars in a park, after dark. It…
Another Fine Mess (3)
The bedroom door was flung open and 10-year old Zach burst in. Chestnut curls fell over his forehead, framing hurt, tear-filled hazel eyes. “Mom! Max won’t let…
No Compassion.
Overhearing her parents conversation “”Yeah, they’ve got Dan over in ICU. He’s got a minor concussion and a broken collar bone.” “That boy is lucky to be…
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…
Consuming.
What is it about love? What is it about this feeling that makes us all crave it so desperately inherently relentlessly? Is it the warmth, the necessity of…
Parlor Fukuoka
I have a taste for patience. But I rarely savor a taste. I know, as the ephemeral wind blows sublimity from due hosts to charlatans, the possibilities alive in…
Self Destruction
How can I rest calmly Every thought a haunting Leaving an emptiness so deep Now oceans apart Seeking what we must Ever Apart for the best Yet love still…
Pedestal
Hand in hand we haunt the museum, visiting Manet, Degas, Gauguin; wandering from paintings to sculpture; giggling like embarrassed adolescents at the nudes…
Water, love. (Part 3)
You feel it, and yet can’t seem to lay your fingers over it. The fingers just swim freely in the water. Forming little bubble as they explore the surroundings…
Water, love. (Part 2)
You feel afraid. But you feel the flow, of getting soaked in. You get goosebumps, your lips turn blue. But no one cares. Toe, ankle, knee, thigh, stomach…
Water, love. (Part 1)
She is caught in that world. Thinking of what could have been. If she said this, did that, what would life have been like. Holding onto that one love she…
Matters of the Heart
They’d left it too long. The decor of the pub had changed; white walls and wood grain replaced with pastel blues and deep mahoganies, the hand-written…
Dawning of a New World
A spring wind blows across the grass caressing my frozen cheek. Dawn extends beyond the bounds of my sight. Earth whispers a song of hope, through my barren…
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…
Hateful Birds
These eyeless creatures stare me down. They probably think they’re so intimidating with their vast wing span and razor-edge beaks. But what I realize is that I…
Trust: A Brief Reflection
Howard sat down on his aging, brown leather chair. He drew a long breath to lighten his sickened heart. After many years of being with his wife, June, he…