I feel the weight of the battery pack digging into my neck, as it hangs over my heart. I feel the wires tangling around my breasts. The pull of the adhesive on my skin leaves behind dark rings and reddened agitation. The pack sometimes vibrates, bringing my attention to the weight at my hip, and … Continue reading Wires
death
Click Tick Clock Tock
start-what is there to explain?yesterday was a different day.Tomorrow will never be the sameand I can't spend my life, living for today.Listen to the wind howl,or maybe that is just the fan,blowing to remind us of what we hadwhen living cheaply wasn't a fad.I'll give you 10 bucks an hourI'll take 11 at the doorbut … Continue reading Click Tick Clock Tock
Forgotten Post #16: “The Drip”-short story
It was the drip that started it all. It’s an amazing word, don’t you think, both a word and a sound. Drip, drip, drip…it was intoxicating. The sound of it on the pavement drew me in, as I watched the sound come to life with every single drop. It wasn’t like the rain that fell, … Continue reading Forgotten Post #16: “The Drip”-short story
The First One
Tomorrow is Father's day, and although I had 15 years, give or take, of Father's days before you drove into our lives, this is the first one, in almost 10, without you. I never paid much attention to these days before. I had this naivety about them that I now resent because I brushed them … Continue reading The First One
Faith Taryn Davies 