• Mother Nature

    I thought everything was going fine until I was told that I couldn’t eat for the entire weekend.  All I could have was water or tea for the next forty-eight hours.  As soon as the morning meeting was over, I headed out for my daily walk and listened to my stomach rumble for the entire ninety minutes.  I had…

  • Rise and Shine

    He said early morning  Was the best  He said I would like it too  Eventually.  Slowly.  I wanted to be like them  But if I did  I would have to spend more time   With him. 

  • Mr. Cunningham

    I always knew my neighbor wasn’t fond of me, but I could never figure out exactly why.  He never smiled, never waved, never called hello when we were in the front yard at the same time.  I knew I hadn’t done anything wrong due to the fact we had never had the opportunity to engage with each…

  • Reason and Proof

    I knew you were beyond reason  That you didn’t need proof  To tell me about my mistakes and misdeeds  That my life was wrong  My desires were wrong  No warning  No proof  Only hate  And jealousy 

  • Chocolate Pie

    The pie was delicious  It was her love language  She put her heart and soul  Into every pie she made  I could see it  I could feel it  And I knew it wasn’t for me 

  • Coming Home

    “He should be coming down the stairs right now.  His plane landed thirty minutes ago so he should have had plenty of time to get here.  The airport only has ten terminals.”  I listened to my mother chatter endlessly while we waited for my brother.  Her need to be close to us was endearing, but also…

  • Garden of Roses

    The roses said my name  Repeatedly  Excitedly  I wanted to help them  I really did  But how could I help  Something I no longer loved? 

  • Sharp Tongues

    My neighbor was one of the kindest people I knew.  I didn’t know how she did it, but I had never heard a negative word come out of her mouth.  She was the one I always went to for advice and I often turned to her instead of my own mother.  My mother talked trash about Janet’s yard,…

  • Always Alive

    “It’s always alive.  It’s always watching you,” Amber whispered dramatically.  Her Jeep headlights were already off and the surrounding candles were burning steadily.  I pulled the blanket over my head and couldn’t believe I had let myself get roped into hearing Amber’s ghost stories again.  I despised scary stories and wouldn’t sleep for days after hearing them.  No way could I…

  • Love

    The love you gave  Was not what I needed  But it was what I wanted  What I thought was good  Was right  Was healthy  Was the place I needed to be  Soon I became brave  Found myself  My voice  My life  My strength  The I found nature  And my life came flying back  Like it had never…