I have the words, I laid them down somewhere, I think, I think, I heard the tune in the air, so before I turn and lay to waste, bring the melody to your lips and wait, for an absolution, to a history that is yours to bare towards a future not quite ready to go … Continue reading Forgotten Post #15: Own
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Forgotten Post #14: Drew
It was the tap, tap, tap twisting words into a message that belted out the sound tap, tap, tap I first heard it when I was young it was a scratch then, a thump against a cage made of bone and wisdom. Sing for me, they said as I stood trembling before them. Instead I … Continue reading Forgotten Post #14: Drew
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
Forgotten Project #8: Letters to My Father
*A letter I never got to write, because I always thought I had time. Dear Daddy, It's because of you that I'll never look at Egg McMuffin the same way again; well that and lakes, corner stores, wild life, Nascar, a beautiful day. When you showed up in our lives Daddy, the world wasn't a … Continue reading Forgotten Project #8: Letters to My Father
Faith Taryn Davies 