Always There
She sits in her room by herself, all alone. In her hand she holds a picture of the only one who cared. A single tear slips down her cheek as she remembers his…
The daydream
It was the day they packed up the clothes and the books and emptied the room. She looked around the space. She supposed it would make a good sewing room or…
Love Will Find A Way
~ I know, love will find a way ~ “No!” I screamed as we were torn away from each other. My arms locked in the iron grip of the men behind me. I fought…
Say Something
~ Say something I’m giving up on you ~ He sat quietly, refusing to look in my direction. I stood at the door, bags in hand. My eyes blurred with tears. ~…
I am; I Might
I am...not. That is all. It’s all I can think or feel at this point, if I am to be frank. The world swirls this way and that, to and fro. I sit still. I watch…
I miss
I miss the summers that never ended I miss living life without a care I miss loyalty, stability I long to be hugged once more as if I was yours I miss laughing…
Imbalanced.
At age 18 I graduated high school. Ready to take on the world with fresh perspectives. I was dating my high school sweetheart. At 20 I got an internship to New…
Hospital Corners
Ma always demanded that my brother and I set everything to rights each morning when we were kids. The desk had to be neat and tidy, the floor clear of…
Tacit Conversation
Fireflies put on a furtive show at the far end of the pond. For Devon they remained as muted and unseen as the stars above. The sky of his youth, a great humid…
Reluctantly Remembering
We took a pit stop in some gravel parking lot after driving back from the river where we used to jump from the rocks. Looking back on that trip, the first of…
Around This Time Last Year
Dear Sir, We haven’t spoken in awhile. The last letter I sent contained an end, a bitter truth neither of us could avoid, and several twists of my rusted knife…
(Day 64) Real Time - Death
I don’t know how to deal with death. Or, at least I deal with death differently than others. When my grandmother passed away (the only I knew), I remember…
Seven minus two
The five Barrowman children shuffled into their living room. They absent-mindedly took their typical spots. The two eldest, Grace and Sam, took up either end…
(Day 36) Operating
My name’s Rare. Mom tells me it’s short for something - a memory that she still has. There’s not much more of those, actually. I guess the origin of my name…
enmity, coffee, shadow Part 2/2 (Three-Word Prompt challenge)
This life’s got *”emnity”* on the label. You put the coins onto the table You stand up, a bit unstable You haven’t answered. Am I able To let you leave without…
enmity, coffee, shadow Part 1/2 (Three-Word Prompt challenge)
Let’s put our *enmity* aside Share some *coffee*, say good night Sit in the shadows here with me It’s something like we used to be We used to sit like this…
All In Good Time, My Dear
It was more than two months ago That you suddenly decided to go I don’t know why you left And when I try to ask why Perhaps you’re just too shy In twain we two…
As Large as Alone
As brief as forever, as loud as exist I’m always expecting a further sharp twist The brightest of blackouts, an excess of lack Returns me anew till there’s no…
Darling Grandma 10.26.12 ©
Wonderful woman - Darling Grandma of mine, I remember you strong, I remember you fine, I refuse to remember how fast you decline- -Do you remember, Just a few…
Becky
Today I thought I’d seen your face at the bustop, just behind me, outside where we spent the days together. You were like a silver coin unblemished in the…