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It has been another long and miserable day ferrying scrap metal and hazardous materials across the state and I am tired. I don't complain much, as it still it beats driving over the road because I am home every night. I activate the remote for the garage...
I miss you more than everYour wisdom and your loveI hope that you can see meWatching from aboveThe love we share still warms meI guess it always willNo one can replace youNothing fits the billEvery day I think of youThe memories we both hadI hope that you...
The Warrior Princess. Chapter 6.
“Princess Anna!” she cried, “it is you!”Rather than gallop out of the end of the tunnel and risk death after startling my people I halted and dismounted, leading Fleet-Foot slowly through the archway and out into the main cavern, As I looked around a lump formed in my throat and tears welled in...
Though you cannot hold me, I'm with you anyway; God had special plans for me, I got my wings today. I did not want to leave you, but no longer could I stay; My time on Earth was over and I had to go away. I'll be watching over you, do not be dismayed;...
I love you, Mom, don't shed a tear, Please know that I am always near. I'm never farther than a thought away, I'm with you every night and day. I am the kiss of the morning dew, I am God's creature that watches you. I am the flicker of the lightning...
I move through the interstitial layers, I smoke in the basement, I write in the margins, and grow in the cracks I'm lost and I'm looking, all around the edges, and I'll never find more than a crumb because it's designed that way They say I've lost thirty-...
What People Don't Realise
A short story by Andrea Snyman. Some stories begin where you think they end.What people don’t realise is that death isn’t what they think it is. ~ You find yourself in a waiting room…Sitting comfortably on the couch. It’s not too cold, it’s not too warm…It even comes complete with old school elevator type music. They probably fig...
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Springtime is for Lovers
A chance meeting on a Paris street in Spring leads to lifelong love and commitmentWhen we first met it was entirely by accident. Even now I remember it clearly, although almost four decades have passed by since then. It was one of those lovely bright sunny days that are so typical of Paris in the springtime. I was strolling along the B...
The Dancer Dancing for dollars over whistles and hollers,showing skin from her head to her toes –she was Friday night’s rage on a drab smoky stage,tucking bills in the band of her hose. The job was no treasure and it brought her no pleasure,only tips...
The Hoopoe’s Call
I will carry you on my back, wrapped in a dream.The Hoopoe’s Call(Harken!)He heard a call from the branches of a treeSomewhere in the woods along the path he walked,Stick in hand to steady his stepsLike a shepherd’s staff.But where?He looked around to seeWho or what had made that call,Almost child-like...
Lest We Forget
Those who about to die I salute youWe all have sat in our history classes as children. and studied and read about D-Day. June 6th 1944.To honour the ones that climbed into their landing crafts, rode across the channel to drop behind enemy lines, and ferried troops and equipment ashore. I...
Remembrance of Things to Come
Traveling into the future; creating new memoriesMemoriesOf the pastThe presentThe future Walking out into a winter landscapeThe freedomThe crispnessSo freshIce between tiny toes will chill And a little ballerina paw liftsPick up the pupHold him closeProtectivelyCompletely sure he is safeWithin your lov...
Distress Flag
May I comfort"I can offer some tea," said the lady. Jim paused then spoke. "What was that?" "Your flag, flying outside. I noticed it. Would you like a cup of tea?" "Is there a problem with me displaying it?" Her head shook. "No, my friend. Not with the flag. The way y...
When I look back upon that dayAll those many years agoAnd think of what may have beenWhen I laid my eyes upon herThat day in the college canteen. As I looked at her from afarMy heart started to beat fasterI could not help but stareAt the beauty before meA...