Tag: future

  • High Ceiling

    I knew the high ceilings would be a problem when I needed to paint.  And I needed to get everything painted quickly, before Jameson got home.  If he knew what had happened while he was out of town on a work trip, I would never be able to get through our relationship if he knew…

  • Brutal

    I never knew brutal until I left my parents’ house for the very first time.  Until that very moment, I never considered that every family didn’t have a housekeeper, a chauffeur, and a chef on call at all hours.  I didn’t know everyone didn’t have an extra vacation house or two.  When I finally went…

  • Ballad of Freedom

  • Future Haiku

  • No Decision Here

    “There is no decision here.  You will not leave.  You will not leave this house.  This is your future.  Our family is your future.”  My father stood over me and I wondered how I would survive if I stayed under his roof for one more night.  My creativity was stifled by a man who didn’t…

  • The Only One

    As I stared out the back door, I realized no one would understand as much about my life as the large oak tree in my backyard.  She was the one I told all my secrets to and the one who I read all my stories to.  The one who helped me edit my poetry before…

  • Haiku

  • Imagination

    My mother had never had much of an imagination so I happily made up enough for both of us.  I always wondered why she never had any imagination, but never really questioned her about it.  The one time I did, she immediately and suddenly became deaf and wouldn’t talk to me for the rest of…

  • Crime Scene

    I always thought our house looked like a bit of a crime scene.  Especially when I compared it to my friends’ houses.  My parents liked to refer to themselves as ‘creatives’ and I wondered if that was an excuse for not wanting to clean the house.  But at the same time, I loved it.  I…

  • The Junkyard

    Check out my story on the Booked Solid in Santa Fe blog!