I've seen where beauty hides  It in our hearts of freedom  As the land escapes the tide  I have seen where beauty hides    Your eyes are the ponds  In the shade of summer  Your eyes are the stream in spring Your eyes are blue skies of...

EVIL TRIGGERSThe scent of a cigar triggers me. I remember strong hands around my throat choking me. I clutch my throatand then my hands won’t loosen.I nearly strangle myself.Then, the day will worsen. Everythingwill remind me of my grandfather.If...

XMAS Thete's not a single present in the cold shabby apartmentin the nasty fucking worldfull of horrid evil people. No Christmas tree or fruitcake.No fancy fucking food at all...for the molested one (me).No cookies or pie. I dump the spoiled milk down...

TERMINATION They say there is a multiverse...places where our other choicesin life have been made and "that"version of life moves forward. --- Rae has discovered that she ispregnant by her boyfriend Ray.Her dream job starts in 2 weeksand she is not choosing...

THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD REPLIES There is no dream on Walden’s Pond where once blue-green waters lapped the shores noisily in the liquid swirl of an October wind. Long gone is Neruda’s verse, the vision of the isle he called home; the salty...