Escape from the boredom of everyday life with some short stories, poems, and all things writing.
I worry I will not be able to cry at my mother’s funeralOr my father’s for that matter I worry that as people stop by to give their condolencesThey will notice I don’t care much for their wordsLuckily sunglasses can help me hide I worry about the days afterThat things will go back to normal […]
MoreThe perfect familyThe children always smiling and politeHolding their parents handsWho in turn hold each other’s handsDressed in their bestAs they head to Sunday morning church servicesThey take their seatsHands together in prayerThey listen quietlyThen all of a suddenA mistake by the littlest oneCauses a loud bangA sudden yank by the fatherWith his eyes on […]
MoreBewareTormenting soulsMemories of the pastDressed as beastHowling in the darkCausing havocSniffing out the stenchOf the guilty onesGnawing away at the mindTearing at the spirit Draining lifeDriving there victim into madnessLeaving nothing morethan an empty shell
MoreA loud sirenA pair of doleful eyes looks into the rear view mirrorRed and blue lightsPull over slowlyRoll down your windowTwo hands on the wheelGoosebumpsA shiverBe politeNo sudden movementsDo what they sayYou have nothing to worry aboutYou did nothing wrongDear God protect meA giant manFlashlight in handMarchesBe politeNo sudden movementsDo what he saysI have nothing […]
MoreThe delight of the end of the work dayQuickly replaced by the dread of the journey homeThe streets are filledTraffic flowing like molassesDrivers blinded by haze of the afternoon sunLost in their worldWith lingering thoughts of work or what waits at homePerhaps loud music or the afternoon newsTwo cars smashed togetherCan’t help but catch their […]
MoreI make sure to get on five train cars from the back It’s far enough in that most people don’t walk that far Either too lazy to walk or rushing to get on Guaranteeing that I get a seat all too myself In the back corner away from the entrance Next to the window The […]
MoreThe air is thick A heavy silence A deep darkness The full moon is hidden behind blankets of clouds In the distance A small light From the second floor of a house Belonging to a man Who has drowned in his work Infinite nothingness Then Suddenly Off in the distance A flash A jagged line […]
MoreThe shadows of the trees grow longer As the sun begins its descent Weaving in between pillowy clouds Which meander through the sky Creating angelic beams of light As if God was peeking from behind the clouds To check on his creations The sky becomes a pale blue Time marches on As the day moves […]
MoreYou are The eternal spring, The thing with feathers, The green light across the dock, God in his heaven listening to prayers I see you Sitting next to the gambler, Waiting with the family in the hospital waiting room, Walking next to the condemned man, Kneeling next to the praying mother I know how you […]
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