Half-glimpsed not seen in silver mirrors, Cutting my nerves like glass. I have let myself be trapped too long In strange, fantastical places. Nightmares, dreamscapes. Lonely, dark-eyed child whispers. I took the balloon, the half-torn ticket, Climbed aboard. Belts clicked into place. Sometimes fear is a good thing, hands gripping a steering wheel, children dozing […]
Let my people go. Not the kind of thing one hears Often waiting in line to check out groceries. Curious, despite myself, I peer. I see Them, the trio of half-washed, darker-skinned children, illegal immigrants cheap staff whatever Cost-cutting measures. Hastily, I turn away 2 for 5, is that a good deal after all? I […]
Found you Standing there, blood-stained knife in hand, Preparing to stab it in again. Bruises mark my body where you Threw me to the ground. I tried to stop you. I tried. Not realizing, that must be it, You are a doctor Performing emergency surgery. Soon You will see to me as well. Fine. Everything […]
It’s April already, the first Wednesday in April, and that means <drum roll> IWSG Day! This month’s optional question is: When your writing life is a bit cloudy or filled with rain, what do you do to dig down and keep on writing? I have three tricks I use in those down moments, and I’d like […]
Red terracotta brick silently strong below Porcelain that clinks, prettily. No one notices. Tiny feet Sneak across the dusty floor. Grab a cookie from the plain red jar While silk clad figures Debate over tea whether The way things have always been done still works. Behind a shadowy screen, wide eyes watch The show, Like […]
Brilliant You think you’re so smart, And you are. No, seriously, girl, you’re (unfortunately) going to Have to cope with being Brilliant at a time when It’s like making a political statement To Be Smart. To be A woman, smart and…. There doesn’t need to be an “and.” Shine
Anyone (It’s) Me not just anyone I try to be real in a world where- The existential bleak of suburban wastelands Float on the bubble of Can barely afford Until pop, and we’re left with- Ball bounces on pavement, Child gone. Winds howl across deserts. A shadow sweeps by. Vultures hunt. Piercing sunlight winks. Trying […]
It’s IWSG Day again and the (optional) question of the month is: How do you celebrate when you achieve a writing goal/ finish a story? True confessions: I don’t always, because of the little voice inside my head that says don’t reward yourself for doing something of dubious usefulness. Do you reward yourself for indulging in […]
PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll get the InLinkz code Who Came Up With This? Way back so long ago people hadn’t invented calendars yet, two brothers came up with this great idea: we will fight each other, and people will pay us money to watch us. Unfortunately, they couldn’t seem to agree on who […]
Love You Less I arrive home early from work to find candles burning, romantic music, rose petals strewn across our hardwood floor. What? You were never this romantic. The sounds draw me to our bedroom, to you half-dressed with my best friend. “Loves me not, I guess.” You look up from kisses, drowsy with […]
Anne Higa 