It was the bone-chilling Northwest winter of 1994 when I stood with my shaky hands folded before Granddad’s grave. I stared at his name with a million… Read more “Love at a Cemetery”
Category: romance
Lost Change Found
On my travel across the southern half of the map,I gave a man a handful of changebut couldn’t convince me that I’d changed myself.I hung my hat… Read more “Lost Change Found”
Writing Curves In Breakups
(Published at The Writers Club) I lit her letter in a bin of regretsafter she trailed freeways away,leaving me and this small town behind.I swung a baseball… Read more “Writing Curves In Breakups”
Autumn Gazebo
Guys like me don’t usually do things like this, but I’ve been up since three o’clock, sitting here in the dark, waiting for the brisk October sun… Read more “Autumn Gazebo”
Reward Money
“This cup of cold coffee is barely keeping me awake,” Sandra said, yawning with her hands planted firmly on the steering wheel. Sandra glanced over, then returned… Read more “Reward Money”
Connected: Wed To Infinity
Outside, a haze hovered near the ground, stirring the shallowness that hovered over my sensitivities. I was sitting at my desk over coffee, typing letters to anyone… Read more “Connected: Wed To Infinity”
We’re Done
(Published at Spillwords) The thought of love without himshifts the ground beneath her feet.Whatever he meant, he said it instead.A cool breeze pulls her ponytail southbound,and tears… Read more “We’re Done”
Faith In Forgiveness
She tells the hours to,but they never leave.What’s a gal to dowhen the leaves screamin blindness through silence?An apology to Godshe can’t do it untilshe knows it’s… Read more “Faith In Forgiveness”
The Invitation
Mark is the black sheep of the family and thinks the government monitors cell phones, so he never called. But when Ben receives a letter with an… Read more “The Invitation”
Scarier Than Night Terrors
Her skeletons cluttered my closet.I’m buried in her lust;tripping over trust,lost in seclusion, rattled bylucid confusion in a photoof her standing next to him. I’m fighting her… Read more “Scarier Than Night Terrors”
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