Idyllic Resting Place
I seen a varmint the other day, dead and pretty mean tore up underneath a bush. The sunlight hit it just so, flitting through all the leaves and flowers…
Choices
Ethereal transition had surprises. I found out two things after I dutifully went towards the light: first, it needed a better soundtrack, second, I had…
The Most Painful Death
Death came quickly, quietly and controlled. It came in a raspy monologue, delivered from a stranger draped in lime green scrubs. As it approached my vision…
Room Without Windows
“Her sister said she loved to travel and eat. Pretty sure it was the eating that did her in.” “Says here that she was ‘A Peaceful Activist’. Why, that’s bull…
Embalming Fluid.
I awoke suddenly, something wasn’t right. I felt cold but not like the “I-was-outside-in-a-light-sweater-during-winter” kind of cold; it was in my bones. I…
Pomp and Oh Well
Let there be cannons. Cue the acrobats and firebreathers. Bring on the vaudevillians and trubadours to artfully tell the tale of my life. Send the funeral…
Back to black
A funeral should be fun! Dark clouds were hanging heavily,waiting to disgorge their bloated bellies on the already dismal group amassing below them. Dancing…
My View of The Funeral
This was probably the smallest funeral I’ve been to. We crossed the pool deck and I waited for Jojo to pull our her mockingly bright rainbow umbrella out of…
The Funeral
nhcfjdhjvmzj vfdiv ndjvjmzhvkdujvnsivn sk... My feelings exactly on that tragic day. The tiny, rock tumbstone read: ~Noodles~ ~January 7, 2012- June 20, 2012~…
Chalk is the best medium
I lie on the pavement, not caring about the chalk on my black clothes, and stare sideways at my fantasy expanse. After three days, the drawing is done. Swirls…
A Second Look
Ezequiel had been ready, since 6 a.m., since yesterday.The news had not been a shocked to him, yet there were so many questions left to be answered. Why Tyler…
The Melancholy of Funeral
I sat next to him on his couch and listened. “The porch boards are beat up. Put splinters in my feet. I’ll dig ‘em out with a knife if they get bad enough…
Funny Little Things
He did his tie, taking his time. He didn’t have that much practice at it.Everything seemed so mechanical, the way he received the news, his reaction, and the…
Affects From a Funeral
He felt tired, as if his age was catching up with him. Thomas Draker watched as the casket was lowered into the grave. Another person he had known, had died…
Funeral
It pads through the forest, toward the sound of weeping children. Just before it reaches the small clearing, it eases onto a mound of spent leaves, yellow with…
Just Like You (Poem)
Lie on night’s lawn Swallow oblivion By the gallon Get high but... “Ut-tut-tut! Come down Come dawn Come on COME ON! I know It’s not your fault I know I know I…
A Movement for Rosa
Soaring flutes and drowning clarinets...horns with a sound so thick with emotion you could wrap yourself in it... And through it all a melody that haunts one’s…
Angels Don't Cry
My mother once told me, “Angels don’t cry.” I was never quite sure what she meant, though it probably had something to do with not blubbering and causing a…
Not What It Seems
The funeral was awfully bleak. Steve would have wanted it so much brighter, so much... happier. He wouldn’t want people crying so much at his funeral, he was a…
Don't climb Trees [2]
Emma watched as they lowered Amy’s casket into her grave, crying her eyes out. “We gather here today to celebrate the life of young Amy, who died in a tragic…