• Survival

    I knew middle school would be survival of the fittest, but I didn’t know until I was in eighth grade.  Didn’t realize my ‘friends’ weren’t really my friends until that year.  Didn’t realize those who I thought cared about me didn’t really care at all.  The more time I spent alone in the presence of…

  • The Tortoise

  • The Sunning

  • The Ultimate Freeze

    Photo Prompt © Jennifer Pendergast  As soon as the water in the bowl froze, I knew I was in trouble. That lonely bowl of water was the only thing keeping me tethered to my future. The only thing keeping hope alive. Now that I couldn’t drink the water, I slowly looked up and out the…

  • Stampede!

  • First Ever Limerick!

    This is my first ever attempt at a limerick so let me know what you think!

  • Sunset Haiku

  • Haiku

  • The Ride of My Life

    I chased the horses and wondered when I could ride one myself.  Everything I ever wanted in my life began and ended with horses.  But for now, I was relegated to watching them on television and reading them to life out of library books. With parents who treated me like a porcelain doll, my chances…

  • Criminal Defense

    “I am honestly not sure how he is going to get over this.  How is he going to get by.  He was arrested!”  I listened to my aunt rant and rave about my cousin’s latest arrest.  If she knew how many times he had really been arrested, she would have a complete fit.  She only…