there’s a vastness… you can’t even fathom… a universe you can’t imagine… within the realm of silence   stories untold realities unexpected contemplative reflection pain unspoken   everything locked inside a vacuum where the wall of it… can hold someone hostage a victim of their own thoughts   you can’t hear the noise in their […]

neglected winds howled their fury blowing through a door ajar… startled… she dropped to cower… piercing chill burning skating across thundering veins   sudden silence filled empty pockets scoured sterile by the pain tomorrow has no meaning the past has gone away   frozen fists slowly opened  letting go… of every hope… relinquishing the hold… […]

it can’t be far away… can it? that elusive brighter tomorrow? I’m not asking much… just a warm spring day maybe a chance of sprinkles and a walk amongst nature’s glory the cloying scent of honeysuckle gagging the senses lilacs swaying in the breeze birds in full choral exuberance vibrantly budding trees and a simple […]

I miss carefree days …before smoke filled the air and storms battered us left and right (seems like now it’s a choice of extremes) …before fear of walking in daylight even worse at night …before being forced to carry my papers hoping they even give them a glance because there’s money to be made… in […]

halfway to the party and inspiration is faltering slapping words into phrases  hoping they make any sense breaking it into sections so I don’t lose momentum but my energy got up and went and I’m left scrambling and outta breath it’s one helluva workout… for a pen with rusty muscles  drop and give me thirty […]