The Night, Once my friend, Turned away from me, leaving me alone and naked waiting only for the light of day. Was all truly lost, to me? All hope gone as snow in the rape of the Sun? Why should I try to find love, to find life, to breathe? Yet, I stand alone … Continue reading Alone with the Night
Category: Heart
Those Vampires of Life
Vast it is, in that dark corner of your mind, the one filled with stark loneliness? That one where you knew you failed again? That same corner you have earned over years of poor choices filled with selfish justifications. Know I await you there, for I am you. You, without your glimmer, without golden charms, without lovely … Continue reading Those Vampires of Life
After I Die
A lifetime of struggle I spent Pushing the rope and the boat Sometimes the winds helped me, Oft times not Still, I pushed off to sea everyday when the tide let out And, I tried to come in as when the tide helped me Drag my net, I did, as much as it let me … Continue reading After I Die
Clothes Drying in the Wind
You and I saw the Peach Fuzz come in together, tiny hands entwined, smiling without guile or torment. We were the best of friends, running first together, avoiding others. We shared any change in our young bodies, foretold with giggles and a "Look at this!" We both remember the breezes floating the drying clothes naked … Continue reading Clothes Drying in the Wind
Note to Self
What would you say, to that little prior version of you? That much younger one? The one wearing the Roy Rodgers cowboy boots? You remember, the boots with the heel nail sticking through his skin that he would not tell mama about, knowing she would take them away because she had found the blood in … Continue reading Note to Self
And, She Sang to Me
I remember not the words, but the tune was simple and taunting, catching my attention when it went up and down and when it prolonged in one loving note. But a song from the heart it was, I know that now. I can almost remember dappled sunlight coming through the window, sometimes in my eyes, … Continue reading And, She Sang to Me
Old Man’s Love
The old man sat on the bench, his nearby Gin now warm and his pizza slice cold. He stared at his aged hands, holding only one page from her diary with an image of a Bluebird, printed with nice words of comfort. He stared at nothing, but maybe into yesterday. In a soft voice, he … Continue reading Old Man’s Love
Applegate, Rattling Windows and Life
Old man Applegate was about to go off again, destined to scare most of my patients. Even those heavily sedated might be startled. He had a barrel chest, with a voice an opera company would drool over; no amplifier needed. He would usually rattle on about some war he was in or the day he … Continue reading Applegate, Rattling Windows and Life
Nags Head, the Beach
The outer banks of North Carolina. We could see the Bodie Island Lighthouse, just over there. Remember? We went up to the top of the Lighthouse a few times, to catch a kiss where your mother could not see. Nags Head Beach so close, with white sand like powder, with all of the rug rats … Continue reading Nags Head, the Beach
A Grandmother’s Memories
From a watery beginning bubbling through a fissure in the ground, Tyler's Brook fed the dark earth crowned with Elm trees, whose leafy arms spread into the Tennessee night sky. The brook flows peacefully towards the southeast on it's incessant journey to MotherSea, complete with the essence of life itself. Somewhere south of where Theresa … Continue reading A Grandmother’s Memories
