Creating magic on the page and in the world
I’ve been on vacation with my girlfriend and her daughter the last week. A two year old woke me up every morning. She would smile with squinty eyes and giggle. The kid is adorable. At night I stayed up late with a woman who… Continue Reading “The Chaos of a Family Man”
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”
I saw you in the hot tub today. Your unruly black hair. Beautiful brown eyes. That confusing Asian and Hispanic heritage. Those adorably dorky glasses. I know she wasn’t you, I know a number of reasons she clearly wasn’t you. But when I first… Continue Reading “The Pool”
Why don’t you fix me?I can’t help myself.Why don’t you fix me?You know I’m fading still. –Fix Me, Icon For Hire Gears ground together, poorly lubricated and having accumulated much dirt in the grimy underbelly of Torzikov. The once beautiful brass finish of his… Continue Reading “Fix Me”
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.
A – Z April: L If happy ever after did exist I would still be holding you like this. All those fairy tales are full of shit. One more fucking love song, I’ll be sick. – “Payphone”, Maroon 5 Ever have that song you… Continue Reading “Love Song”
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”
