Creating magic on the page and in the world
It’s kind of fitting. When I got out of the car, the last song on the radio was “This is not where I belong.” It’s not. It’s so apparent so often. I feel restless. I want to crawl out of my skin. Maybe it’s… Continue Reading “This is not my skin”
This isn’t a woe is me post. This is a look for your single friends post. A woe is me post is pointless, since none of you live remotely close to me anyway. I went to my brother’s for Easter. I went Wednesday evening,… Continue Reading “PSA: Hang out with your single friends”
When I saw him, looking at the stars, I could have sworn there was a twinkle denoting tears. When he heard me approach, his gaze coming down from the heavens upon me, his quirky smile, with the right lip curling up, appeared instantly. He… Continue Reading “Cory”
Icicles prod me Numbing inside. Heat of exhaustion Of trying to care Warps me against Icy embrace. I try to care. I ask for help. The voices speak. But no one is there.
Gray sky matches my mind, Obfuscated and full of gloom. The freezing temps match my heart, Frozen without your love. Here I lay in morning gray, Cold without your touch. Maybe someday I’ll know summer.
So the first two lines were the kicker. Thought it up last night and didn’t want to lose it. Pretty sure it’ll end up in a story. You saved one man’s soul At the cost of poisoning another’s. We don’t care who we hurt… Continue Reading “Equivalent Exchange”
A loving man opened the door, though it was slammed in his face, and she stood at the threshold. She said, “I want to see inside, but I can’t enter.” “Why not?” She looked at another door and entered into another man’s home. The… Continue Reading “Doors”
I wrote upon a note card how life was, as I couldn’t stop thinking about you. I sent it by tossing it up and it disappeared. I don’t know how, but I know that’s how I could get it to you. I returned in… Continue Reading “Note Cards”
