She sauntered through the swamp, blissfully gliding through the muddy waters. The swamp was her home. The gators and mosquitoes were her protector. The bites didn’t matter. Nothing else mattered but this very second. The moment fill with thick air was to be savored. Just 20 seconds till […]
A storm was brewing. But the sun was going to shine brightly for a split second before the skies opened and let the hail reign. The little ones waited patiently in the dark corners of the building. Upon the hail hitting the ground, they would dance […]
Suspended animation in a room filled with water. That is where her mind went in the throughout the dreary day and week. Everything was a little slower than it should have been. Everyone was a passive-aggressive monster that she needed to blunt. She visualized herself surrounded […]
She sat at the piano itching to dance; wishing she could play a jitterbug. She looked around wondering where the piano had come from. She should be worried that the piano just appeared. But life was always strange with wall shadows guiding her through life. They continuously spoke […]
I was roadkill Left to rot I was roadkill Then I was not I was disconnected from life Others ignoring the lifeless bodies on the roads I was destined for more But then I was roadkill Rumble strips and salt licks No refuge or shelter I was roadkill Left […]
The bakery called to her after her strenuous morning workout. She went to have coffee surrounded by others so that she wouldn’t cry causing the heavily-sugared coffee to bubble. She sat with her croissant and latte dreaming of what was next. Around-the-world sailing? She couldn’t swim, though. […]
There is an an old piece of weather folklore that notes “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailor’s warning”. Red sky at morning is said to signal rain.” But what about red rain? I have always loved the Peter Gabriel song of Red Rain. It is […]
I have arrived at an unnamed road or so my GPS has told me I laugh, I sigh, I nod I have arrived at an unmarked road or so I argue with my crusty old map I frown, I bite, I agree I have arrived at a closed […]
Thelma and Louise had nothing on them. Sure a meek housewife and a rowdy waitress, on a short fishing trip that ends up in the car jump of a lifetime could be seen as a dynamic duo. But Jack and John two world kids brought up in a […]
Every night, after hours of burrowing herself in the library hoping for a better life, she would cut through the cemetery. Her mom repeatedly warned her that one day the evil spirits would hijack her backpack and take hold of her soul if she kept walking that path. However, […]
