I felt the music in the very core of me. It touched some basic nerve and I had to dance, had to move, had to listen to my body and all its demands. The wind stung my cheeks but my body refused, just kept dancing and spinning, the beat inside me coming out. The stars pulsed with energy, filling me with hope for the beauty of this world. My eyes to ( Read more... )

i've gone and done it again.

i really like this one. i hope it plays out well.

you tell me "i thought that smoking was cool ( Read more... )

i am sixteen and sitting in your kitchen drinking raspberry beer and watching you play poker. your hair is long; you won't cut it for a while. i always liked it better that way anyway. i'm drinking raspberry beer like a sixteen year old who hasn't been drunk more than ten times ever. maybe eleven. i am sixteen with short blonde hair that i cut ( Read more... )

the skin on her back hugs her shoulder blades closely ( Read more... )

the familiar tangle of fingers and your hands on my shoulder blades ( Read more... )

A little after seven at a gas station just outside of Claremont, ET drops two. As we wind our way northeast, she starts to feel it. It seems to manifest in a feeling of confusion, or at least mistrust, because she begins to constantly question our direction down the rutted dirt roads. When we finally arrive, the suburban crew is getting well into ( Read more... )

one minute times sixty times twelve times ninety beats per minute and i'm out the door. my heart is racing faster these days as i press my hand to my chest in a silent prayer that the damage isn't already done. sometimes i can feel the blood rushing through my veins and my head spins like i just stepped off of a rollercoaster: single file and exit ( Read more... )

my heart is a muscle
every time a piece of it breaks or tears it grows back
stronger, more capable

As our fingers intertwine, lacing together and building something ( Read more... )