Christmas vacation started with unseasonably warm weather. Marcia and Naomi spent a lot of time together searching the woods. Their minds focused on vacation and forgot about school. Marcia showed Naomi where all the crickets lived. The girls followed the...
The girls spent the afternoon at the movies and enjoyed the double feature. They returned to Marcia's house and waited for dinner while they watched TV. All thoughts and conversation about Sarah moved to the back of their minds. The girls found being toge...
I turn smiling, though the tracks of my tears still appear on my face, looking at the blonde-haired little girl, as she walks to me. She looks up at me and says softly, "Daddy, it's time. We must go." I look at her and nod. "Why do you cry?" The innocence...
The harsh cry of the alarm ringing in my earsI rise through currents of uneasy slumber.Pushing through sheets tossed in restless wavesTo drag myself from the empty ocean of my bedOnto the bleak shore of the lonely day.Move on.Cold tiles underfoot, I reach...
Everything Is RosieI knew the day was coming.But still it seems unreal.No sense, no rhyme nor reason why.No justice. No appeal.I want to lash out. Hate the world.To deny, to disbelieve.To scream despair. To cry and curse.But, no. I will not grieve.I'll th...
I look at you sitting in the bay window, overlooking the setting sun, as twilight slowly approaches the Pacific Ocean. My heart feels warm and my soul is full of love. You sit there with your knees up, arms wrapping around them with your head resting ther...
Memories pour into my head. How do I make sense of emotions I've never known? Only a radio tells me the way to go. The static buzz rings in my ears as I hear the voice of reason. Cry out in pain. Sing away the ache. What could I do but believe that my pai...
As I remember with tears running down my face, how seventeen years ago today, you lost your fight. You lost your battle with cancer, and slipped peacefully away to a better place. Although it was filled with so much sadness for us, we were happy for you t...
Once more a darkening viewrecaptures mentality's gaze. Bringing jumbled recollections,variegated images of the past. Jaded memories parade and flit, through a misty greying haze. Resolutions somehow evade, millions of questions asked. Detour after lengthy...
Why do I answer?That insistent banginginside my closet door? I recognize the tap, tap, taps, from times of yore. Never colorful thoughts,only looming darkness,hides behind that door. Feeling powerless, reaching for the knob,giving a twist once more. Knowi...
You filled my ears with lies You played such a gameIt shouldn't have been a surprise I am to blame I fell for it Hook line and sinker Believed it all What was I thinking You became my best friendAnd then I loved you soHours and hours spend togetherI c...
Looking back over my life I have always been shy and felt very alone.Learning very early on, that not every person is kind or caring.However the day we started talking That slowly begun to change.We spoke to each other regularly about anything and everyth...
There were good moments. There always are. Those luck of the draw blind date moments. Those longing for someone even though they are with your best friend moments. Those ‘accidental’ brushes of the hand when you think no one else will notice moments. Thos...
Laying here on my bed Thinking about all the moments we have shared The long talks on the phone, texting And the occasional video calls. Talking about our lives Our past, present and dreams for the future. Learning about one another The good and the bad....
"Then she closed her eyes, found relief in a knife, the blood flows as she cries..." The Way She Feels by Between the Trees. silver blade porcelain skin life fades oh what a state I'm in red blood black hole what person would think this is my goal? knife...
