The room is similar to that of a cave,cold and quiet,but not quite empty,not quite vacant. We string up glowing petals above,the windows stay open,barely a flash, just constant, waning, natural light.A blanket of time, hours go by, warm and safe, the ease is innate. Every item, a friendship crest, the incense holds the memories,the […]
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I sit before my oaken tableAs oft as I am ableWith pen in hand and paperMy words, never stringing.I try to be a shaper,A song-maker, singing,But inspiration lacks;My purpose comes to naught.I turn to trace my tracks,But I have none begot.Before my oaken table, I sit,Not writing once, not one bit.To me, this is a […]
He likes his coffee with milk and two sugars, his eggs scrambled, his toast burnt, and his barstool—the third one from the end of the counter. At least, he likes to think it’s his barstool. He’s been sitting there since he was a young boy, when his legs used to dangle underneath him like vines […]
A Fragment of a Memory I must have been a little thing to be so tangled in my mom’s arms. I must have been so small.It is night. We rock back and forth in the blue rocking chair in the corner of the dark room. Shadowed branches scratch the windows and thunder gurgles, though no […]
The cafe’s website read: Bring in a nonperishable food or a personal care item, we’ll cover half your tab, and we’ll match your donation, item for item. A chance she couldn’t pass up. The girl notices a stain on the cement outside the cafe and wonders where it came from. It could be red wine […]
Fitful night sleep, flitting of birds, they dance like tree ornaments in a cove of blonde light. I watch from my window, the streets are bleak and clean. Will the snow fall as it did last year? My lively breath has been rapid and full of anguish, let me stare at the sky. A glimpse […]
When I am away it will start off slowThe soft hum of summer will rise to my windowThe sunlight will fall warm on my bed quiltAnd my decorations will symbolize home in the best way they can With each step I walk I will hope I have a purposeEven though I am alone I know […]
Enter the chorus of children; octaves fillthe empty halls of pews. There are no illfeelings towards their parents who missthe show: they work hard and slip a kisshere or two. While we wait for the handsof guardians to praise the tones and bandthat line the walls, the roads are silent.Snowfall dots the lane, but we […]
A home away from home Even when the sun is tender and not hot Even when the darkness is chill Even when the ocean is by itself No human vessels to keep it warm The light travels through the brittle leaves Seeping through branches Reaching me as I stand on the sandy sidewalk Emptiness around […]