Watermind
Stepping out of a dimly lit mindset, the sun feels real passing through some orifice and out into light. The reflections feel endless as I twirl. A stone set…
War and Water
Dan rubbed my shoulders, loosening the knot of tension that had built up between them. I slowly relaxed into his massage. “Let’s run a warm bath, huh?” he…
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…
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…
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…
Rivers and Meat
Those wrinkles, like dry riverbeds waiting for--longing for water. They were waiting to hold what they loved and were meant to protect. And so he cried. He…
The Gods Are Restless
There was once many worlds. One world decided it wanted to be One. First, they built Elemental Machines, then they buried the universe’s Four Natural Gods on…
A Tale of Woe and Water
They thought they could finish me, just sentence me to this interminable hellhole and walk away, thought Spider. _They thought they were being clever, making…
(Day 32) Air vs. Water
I’ve heard this sound in movies. Hell, I guess I’ve heard this before when I was a kid in the damn pool. I would jump in, hit the bottom with my palms and…
I Was Alice, Once
You pushed me further and further into your bedsheets that night (and not that I minded: they were quite warm) I tumbled down the rabbit hole beneath your…
Stranded Without A Life Jacket
I am lost at sea, clinging to the only bit of my mast I have left (The rest was destroyed by the lightning bolt). The waves rocked and took us captive without…
The Canticle Of Nonsense
Shamelessly, I stripped down to my birthday suit, ready to take the leap into the murky and unknown waters of the lake. My steps were hesitant as I squished…
Prisoner of Aquaphobia
I am afraid of water. Of giant expanses of dihydrogen monoxide that could bury you alive without a moment’s hesitation. I am scared of the mere thought of…
Just Jump
Black water below. I give into gravity. Icy death greets me.
A Misty-Eyed View of the Past
The water softened the dry calluses on her feet as she skimmed the surface with her toes. Her Seaking swam lazily underneath her. It seemed to have so little…
River Rats
Summer crawls around the bend, Simply paced, Too shy for rafting. Waters green with algae, Albeit beautiful with nostalgia. We boys see adventure around its…
Mississippi
The sky stretches out endlessly above the mouth of the greatest river known to me. However, we do not witness the water gurgling from its earthly prison. We…
Cold
I pull into the motel car park and stagger off the bike, turning to watch her shiver. I extend a hand, and she takes it, tumbling into my arms and burying her…