"Keith had been dealt more than his share of tragedy and sorrow, and was ready for a change."
He yelped even louder when an unexpected and harder seventh stroke landed, biting into his pain-ravaged arse, having crossed some of the earlier strokes.“What the f…” he cried, having only requested six.“Shut up and take it!” she ordered, clearly angry...
"Del’s injuries prove fatal."
Del’s widow, Donna dried her tears and surveyed the group of perhaps twenty people assembled at the graveside. She nodded to neighbors Carmen and Franco. She caught the eye of Del’s boss, Brad, who shook his head and shifted his...
"My mysterious power over Valentine"
I lay in my bed about to fall asleep and, like always, my mind went a million miles a second.I was restless and needed to release some tension. I crossed my legs while lying in bed, knowing what this would...
"Ancient Greek nymph seduces and toys with younger man."
The sun falls behind the mountains, causing the sky to melt into pastels with speckles of gray clouds hanging. Inside, the gentle light of a candle dances along the stone walls of their humble home. The two men’s shadows are...
Breda knelt over the pond, ax in hand, her shattered shield discarded. She felt weary to the bone, her muscles on fire and pain coursing through her as she fought for breath. Too tired to cry, she simply stared into...
"What do you do for your lover when you're dying?"
“Terry, what is love?”I grinned at her, “What we have. That’s love.” I was sitting on the side of her bed, holding her hand, rubbing my thumb up and down along it’s side. I felt the dry, almost waxy skin...
“Say thou rightif see thou canst,and tell it truthfully ere tumult come:When, if ever,Wand-Bearer,shall my love my lay embrace?” “Have patience, warriorwild and smitten,for love lives by its own lilt.The time will come,and come it will,when to thee she will yield...
"Honeybunches. Losing a life's partner"
Words don't come easy from an empty heartEmotions raw from wounds yet to healDreams unfulfilled by a life cut shortGolden years that can no longer be shared How can I say the things my heart yearns when words fail me? The night...
"The love that burns brightest also burns quickest"
Souls recognised from afarLike a comet approaching a starWhen we got close we burst into lifeSlicing your space and leaving a scarA home in my heart cut with a knife.Not like binaries, close foreverBut tied with a cord nothing could...
I wake sometimes at nightWhen worry mice are creeping,Yet, know my world’s still right,As long as you’re here, sleeping.I look at you, and watch you sleep,And know within these nights of strife,In you, my heart and love does keep,A love...
