Bright Skies At Midnight

Silverlight invades the corners of the ink-black darkness of midnight. Settling in as old lovers do when they get to caress after too long a separation. You can almost feel the warmth of the moonlight as it dances over now pale skin, standing in the street while the cacophony of the midnight symphony reminds you … Continue reading Bright Skies At Midnight

Hearing My Beating Heart

I may burn like fire, I may shatter like glass, I may have shackles attached to heavy bags. I may spend my life picking up the pieces of what makes me human. I may let you glance in, see me through the cracks. I may paint over the scars that were placed by my hand. … Continue reading Hearing My Beating Heart

Learning a New Word

I'm better, at saying no to your eyes. Every time they enter my mind, all I hear is the no slip right by. It falls over my lips the way I love you once did. Full of the grace, of everything I have to give, when your face comes to the fore, no, is what stops … Continue reading Learning a New Word

Bleeding Heart

My heart doesn't bleed. It pounds, it beats It screams Electricity burns through it Life, Life it holds it in, pushes it. Demands it. Demands time energy oxygen. It doesn't cease it fights against constant floods and fires and quakes. It stutters, and stumbles, and when met with an immoveable object it becomes the unstoppable … Continue reading Bleeding Heart