Anna said she’d love me until death, so I sabotagedour chance by sneaking in the door after the streetlights were lit.Anna proved her point, so I distorted… Read more “Scared To Love”
Stumbling Into Love
Ambling a hiking trail,I swept my eyes over my shoulderwith a caution flowingthrough my heartbeat,beating with passionover a face that I saw whenI closed my eyesto the… Read more “Stumbling Into Love”
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”
Better Than Said
Taken aback,that’s what I waswhen I saw Hannah pushinga cart through a grocer.It’d been ten years,maybe even moresince we’d last crossed paths.She decided life had more to… Read more “Better Than Said”
The Pastor’s Wife
Anna’s truck kicked up dustand her taillights fadedas condensed dirt and rocks combinedwith vexation.But it only stung when I believed,or breathed us into the futurethat I’d arranged… Read more “The Pastor’s Wife”
A Forest Of Self-Esteem
The lengthy oak tree branchesswayed, with a summer breeze that didn’t coola goddamn thing, without direction for carein my line of sight, changingfaces underneath the surface,my anxiety… Read more “A Forest Of Self-Esteem”
Coming Home
Sorrows drifted through clouds threatening to spillsnowflakes like voices howling over the brokenglass in the frustration of another night alone in a bedwe shared before she took… Read more “Coming Home”
Depressed To Death
She sliced the air with her fistsand told me she was drowning in sadness.I heard, but I didn’t listen.She sobbed, and I told hereverything would work outas… Read more “Depressed To Death”
Laundry Day (Published at The Writers Club)
(Published at The Writers Club) I can’t pick up the clothesthat Hannah left on the floor;it’s a clutter of keepsakessmeared with her lipstickand stains from sweaty sex.Hannah… Read more “Laundry Day (Published at The Writers Club)”
The Choice Is Yours
A boy from the deprived side of the tracks mesmerized Holly’s heart. Her high-class parents despised the boy. Holly’s mother gave her an ultimatum: Choose between her… Read more “The Choice Is Yours”
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