Sharp knife drawn like a thin line across my heart. Decisions you have to make. Decisions I have to make. You can only have one. Breath hitches in my chest, Air dry, Heat rising in ribbons from the dying sand. “Save him,” you murmur. “Save him.” What little strength you have. But I saw […]
Wish I could be more like (you) Patient, kind. I’ve been hurt so many times it hurts. I’m not envious, not boastful, not proud. And what has that got me? While pious show-offs reign. I don’t delight in evil. I can say that much. One day the truth will come out I hope. There’s that […]
Kept Fresh flowers encase our secret hideout. Heady sweet scents enshroud us. We sit together on a worn oaken bench, Hands clasped, like lovers, like friends. Your dark eyes, bright with joy, Skin soft like tiger lilies, exotically tan. “All these years.” -All these years. “You never told.” -I never told. I lean forward, eyes […]
Hammer falls. (Hold my breath.) Hammer falls. (Hold my breath.) Case adjourned guiltyguiltyguilty I am not. I did not. I didn’t. Rough hands grab my shoulders. Strong hands lead me away…. How? Why? Have mercy. Run back. Plead. Fall to my knees. Plead. Run back. Don’t. Wouldn’t help. Don’t. Wouldn’t help. WOULD NOT […]
Bright-eyed and ghostly white, she stares back at me. Let’s be friends, the first and last words she ever spoke. Let’s be friends. After that, a blur, A warm hand in mine, leading me across Open fields strewn with violet flowers A cascading red sun exploding like fireworks, Food rich like satin running through my […]
Black and grey, peeling fire-charred walls. My defenses destroyed, turned to dust. I never thought hate was a thing before. Go along to get along, always my style. I believed in – I trusted – you. I let myself – stupid so stupid. People warned me, You know I don’t listen, never listen. Photo drops […]
Pink cotton candy swirls and balloons that sound like bubble gum music when they pop. Thinking of you, the good that you do makes me smile. Thank you.
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 […]
