• Drawing

    He told me he liked to draw  But everything looked very blah  I wanted to be nice  But I was too full of spice  Maybe, one day, my heart will thaw 

  • Light

    Waiting in the early morning light  Wondering why it was so bright  With the twirl of the air  And none of its usual flair  Wouldn’t that be a bawdy sight 

  • Resilience

    She is resilient  Never asks for any help  Go apologize 

  • Cheat

    Snitch and feel the sting  Otherwise, go your own way  Cheaters don’t prosper 

  • The Game

    Beat her at her game  Never to ask where she goes  Do not let her see 

  • The Friend

    “I wouldn’t change this for all the money in the world,” Jess said as she leaned back in the rocking chair.  It took quite a bit of self-control not to say anything to her about the fact I lived paycheck to paycheck and that we were sitting on the front porch so I wouldn’t have…

  • Regrets

    I always regretted not going on the camping trip.  But I was nervous about sleeping outside and nervous about wild animals.  My mother – being the hypochondriac she was – had brought me up to be scared of normal events.  Not that getting eaten by a bear was something that happened every day, but at…

  • What You Know

    Imagination  Told you to write what you know  Don’t panic, just write 

  • Court TV

    I had only gotten into watching court TV because of my grandmother.  Not one for really caring about celebrity crime, I only watched because she was obsessed and at the time, my babysitter.  She thought of herself as judge, justice and jury on every case and worked her personal revenge into most cases while masking…

  • The Diary

    “Pete has always been afraid of you and now I know why.”  Jenny’s voice came from behind me and startled me enough to drop the diary onto the hardwood floor.   “Jenny.  Listen -” I was reluctant to tell her what I was doing because she had always been so timid.  Her conscious was always…