Podunk Blues, Part 2
Lorenzo blinked himself awake, the break of dawn shining through the blue checkered curtains and lighting the bedroom subtly. Natasha slept soundly against him with her back to his chest, hugging the bunched up...
Podunk Blues, Part 1
Natasha straightened up and struck a pose in the mirror on the closet door, cocking her head around to see if the vest was bunching up in weird places or if it made her look bigger than she was. At least it...
Regret
Looking back, thinking forward, the serrated blade of the past grinds even deeper. What I could have said, what I should have said, the things I have said, I never should have even thought. The past can't be changed. Most things can be...
A personal description
I'm as good at hiding emotions as a battle-hardened soldier.I'm as strange as an alien beast.I sometimes feel abandoned, like a man lost at sea.My depression smothers the hope brought before me like how the darkness eventually consumes the light.I'm...
Roy Boy
Soon enough, time forsaken, not enough. Leveled to shoulders, his trigger pulled. Lost in this fog; now, forever. "Love, redemption, oh my aching heart." Lost to wind, found in dirt. A mighty throne, caked with soot. His passing silhouette,...
Rid of Me
I once held hope for what could have been as high as I could reach.That maybe, just maybe, this would be different - you would be different.We needed each other for a while, remember?There was a time you were so scared, you nearly took the easy way...