Late Night Anxiety

The Moon is out. The air is cold. The silence is all around us. It holds us still. We see our breath dance in the air. A cloud of hopes and fears and dreams. The cold is bound to our bones. We stand in silence. The world is too big. We are too small. Everything... Continue Reading →

Lost Love

Her words are like tattoos. Burned deep into my skin like a blackened scar. Her voice echoes in my head. Like a song where I know the music but not the lyrics. Her face is like a fleeting memory. The more I think back, the more blurred it becomes. Her eyes, lost sapphires. Her smile,... Continue Reading →

Enduring Love

Prompt: "It took 500 years of eternal youth to find true love once again. A year later, you reveal your immortality to her. She smiles sadly, admitting that, before you met, she sacrificed most of her lifespan for a sure chance of true love, showing you gray hairs that hadn’t been there the day before."... Continue Reading →

Valentine’s Day Haikus 2019

Valentine’s Day Haikus 2018   No More Candy Hearts. The Factory Is Bankrupt. Sounds Like My Love Life.   A Dozen Red Roses A Heart Shaped Box Of Chocolates And I Cleaned The House   My Friend Gets Batman. My Crush Gets Wonder Woman. You Can Have Robin.   No Need To Be Sad It's... Continue Reading →

Glass Heart

He had glass skin. Sharp and jagged edges. Untouchable. Unlovable. She had sandpaper skin. Coarse and rough. Untouchable. Unlovable. When they first met, she lay her hand on his shoulder. The glass poked her and made her bleed. Her rough skin shaved fragments of glass off of him. A painful experience for both. But they... Continue Reading →

The Leaky Kitchen Faucet

Prompt: The leaky faucet in the kitchen was dripping as if someone was tapping out a lonely beat on a drum, like a broken clock struggling to keep time. It felt like the world was slowly unraveling and comping apart. I thought back to that morning when... ...our pipes froze the morning of my eighth birthday.... Continue Reading →

She Is Free

She is like a bird free from her iron cage. She soars through the sky following the wind underneath her wings. She is like a fish free from her glass tank. She swims through the river enjoying the flowing currents. She is like a butterfly free from her chrysalis. She flutters about as she takes... Continue Reading →

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