The light between the trees shifted with each rustle of wind, making the ground grow opalic. It played hide-and-seek with the columbines—reds, yellows, and blues nodding gracefully against the green—and caught on the pale tips of wood anemone and the scattered bells of blue phlox. The light moved like breath, like touch, soft and dappled over everything, including me. Two white sneakers sat among them. Mine. Inside them,...

"When?" "Sunday after the service." "Richard?" The slender brunette with almond eyes and strawberry-colored hair smiles and shakes her head yes. "I don't believe it!" "He said it was the only way to get rid of my demons." "Yours or his? Bastard!" "Ours?" The two laugh as they chew their gummies. "And your mother said it was the best since Pastor Tanen." "Isn't he?" "Bitch! Did he fuck you?" "Just a bath in my face." "And...

I was startled to see Lisa Evans get on the bus. My girlfriend was not supposed to meet me until we got to Tilburn Woods. Then again, this was probably the only bus that stopped near the entrance to the conservation area. I guess I should have realized that we might end up on the same bus. Lisa glanced and winked at me as she went by, then took a seat further down the bus. No one was supposed to know about our relationshi...

"What is it you want?"The question softly asked expects an answerBut my mind is like a library in the summer after midnight.The silence thick as snow upon a mountain in winter.Again you ask the question, a coldness in the tone this time.Not a scholar to be found in the library, only silence."I don't really mind," is the only response I have.The slap when it comes is sudden and unexpected.The sharp sting of the palm of you...

Why God,  on this special day, why did you take  my only love away.   Our hearts were free  and so full of love. Why did you take my pure love from me?   It was love for all eternity, forever and meant to be.   My love for her in my heart, I will forever see.   So my dear God, Why take that from me?   I am now left to walk alone.   With only her memory, So dear God leave me  my heart filled with her love  on our special d...

A friend asked me today What I wanted for Christmas? “Nothing but our continued friendship And joy for all mankind!”   But tonight, back at home After having a chance to think I still want what I said But I don’t wish for that alone.   Tonight, I wish for lasting true love Not just for me, but for one and all. May we all find that special someone Who lights the way even on our darkest days?   Someone who makes your heart...

It wasn't a sin to love you,only when I tried to let go. Didn't listen to the passagessaying we burn from lust and these fleeting fires don't make a difference in the end. Can't take the flame with youafter we say goodbye here. I'll still forever carry with me the rush in one cold dark night,the hush of your body openingto enfold me in human warmth,into a clenching core where I would never be the same again. We didn't hav...

She had a long emotional dayNow it was time to go homeBut first she had to catch the trainAnd walk a little way to her door. Once inside she dropped her bagsAnd laid on the couchUntil she heard a whisper“Darling, come to me... “ Seeing nothing as she looked aroundShe closes her eyes once more…After a moment or two a feathery touchbrushes a strand of hair away from her face. Opening her eyes as she jumps upBut again, she s...