Driving too fast
Along the winding road
Beyond the reach of lights
Uncertainty lies wait

Diamonds litter the grass
Syrupy fragrance hangs heavy in the air
Squirrels scamper in morning's chill
Scratching of tiny claws on bark
Birdsong pierces otherwise peaceful haze
I look to the sky
Sun fighting it's way through strong clouds
Who will be the victor?

The flowers all around me bloom ( Read more... )

Dancing eyes
Mischievous smile
Body tense
Ready to strike

Attack blocked
Advance halted
Arms locked in mortal combat

Tension thick
Twin hearts racing
Flooding warmth
Relaxation

Arms of fury
Playfully mine
In your arms I realize

Contentment

Quite possibly my favorite song that I learned in youth choir some ten or twelve years ago ( Read more... )

Seems I've "decided" yet again, this time in the opposite direction. Live without regrets, right? I'll regret not taking the opportunity ( Read more... )

It was a sign. A message from somewhere. She could finally get out of this place. The past due rent and probable eviction, the kid finally being able to sit in front of the TV without screaming while she got her next fix, the twenty five dollars that would buy her a one-way train ticket out of this hell hole. Forget the kid. Someone would find him ( Read more... )

Senseless wakings
Dreamlike stirrings
Pulse quickens
Breath chokes
Muscles tensing
Blushes rising
Chills
Heat
Lost

Soft, hazy ( Read more... )

Spinning simplicity
Tumultuous complication
Though the silence wails
Through the stillness I walk on
Uninhibited
Searching
Alone always and never
Until myself I find