the town had just come into view as the western sky turned a brilliant blue he pulled up alongside a prickly pear lit up a stogie and rested his mare how long will this beauty last he'd wonder the calm was hushed by distant thunder no time to doddle as the blue went gray it's rollin' in fast best be on our way the echoes roll in the western...

As I scroll through my gallery, deleting the junk, clearing the mess, I should feel lighter- but then, there you are. A picture I thought was gone, a memory I swore I erased Yet, here it stands, defiant, like a ghost refusing to fade. I thought I had learned to live without you, thought time had stitched the gaps. But in one breath, one...

I saw spring rain at the end of March. It drizzled as it was partly cloudy, Sparkling in periods of angelic light. It all seemed so much more heavenly Beaming below the ominous darkness. Mountains of mighty clouds turned, Rolling in the vast blue firmament, Building up in the horizon by dusk, To hold a majestic double rainbow. It resonated to the...

Selena was a singer and she has been dead for three decades. She was very talented and was murdered after being betrayed. A former friend gunned Selena down. She died and is buried in the ground. The killer worked for Selena and she decided to steal. After that lady was fired for theft, she decided to kill. That terrible woman deserved to lose her...

I am a speck On the time line Never the ace in the deck This world is not mine I live now Later I lived never To time I am forced to bow Probably forever For I am not I am the thing you forgot Said you miss me a lot I believe it not For we are temporary Perhaps even imaginary But I lust so very To imprint on the...

This will be the last day, so shed all the tears. All the tears you've held on for so long. This will be the last day, so listen to all the painful songs, ensuring rivers in your heart don't meander. Stay up late for the last time tonight, for you will only see early mornings and evenings from tomorrow. Pity yourself, pat yourself, console...

As I stroll through the park, mindlessly, I see a child swing his backpack, hopping toward the swings, light and free. Behind him, his mother follows, matching his eager steps. He suddenly stops, his gaze fixed— not on the boy soaring high, feet kicking the sky in joy, but on the father behind him, hands steady, laughter echoing, as a mother...

I’ve always been taught to not envy others, to never compare material things. A delightful sentiment, something I’ve been partially successful in. Even with all the sorrow and stress stashed within. However I can’t help but be envious of the happiness that others seem to have, wishing and dreaming joy was something I could reach out and grab.

I appear relaxed and happy, most people like that about me. How surprising it’d be if they found out that’s not me. However unlikely, played this part too long and anything else would feel wrong. I try my hardest to stay strong and never show what’s inside, yet I still find myself wishing I didn’t feel the need to hide.

T'was the clotting darkness, before the gods awake, Into deepest sleep, where breaths collapse. No form, no time, no light nor sound, Only silence stirred, a whispered path. Then fully awakened, a voice explodes, That shaped the sky, that trembles and quakes. Fire and ether in dance entwined, stars root out, in undergrowth. Whence they bloom, and...

(This is a true story, told by request.) On a long trip with my parents Halfway through my thirteenth year We stopped our rental car to see How water made the Earth disappear I ran on ahead hoping to see That thousand foot drop explained to me I leaned over the wall, here and there, Looking for just the right spot Where there was nothing below...

the slight movement of a Santa doll in the corner of my eye flickering light as I begin to doze then a whisper or a sigh a kitchen ceiling bulb cover seven years without a peep decides to loosen and shatter as I lay fast asleep heard the voice of a young man ... Arthur when I botched the last name on his stone 'my name is not Stickler, it's...