We're on a dim rooftop at a high point in the city. Far below, the lights and signs glow in the distance like tiny needlepoints and vague neon rainbows. We're alone now, slipping away from a party. Everyone else either...
first kiss
I remember talking about your collection of rocks,the names all beautifully foreign to me,amethyst, citrien, lazurite, tourmaline....I remembered your reason for seeking them,how their glittering innards were proof that nothing is ever really an accident,you said touching them connected you to...
Beth was in her room getting ready to attend a wedding reception with her parents and she wasn't happy. Oh, she had loved any and all outings when she was a little girl as they were occasions for her to get all dressed up pretty. She loved the attention...
A tiny clench of the stomach,Confirming that - The 'look' is returnedMouths, gasp open across a crowded room.The sudden glance awayAfraid, not wanting to blush -An inner smile triggersThe earthquake on luscious lips.Too shy to pursueTo see if - A few steps...
Paintings In My Mind
"Cherish the ones you love"
Cherish the memories Hold your friends and family close Tell them every day what they mean to youTell that special someone how much you love them every dayI went from country princess to a pop princess with one song (but found my roots...
She’s Country
"She's country from her head to her boots"
She's country from head to toe and he loves it She walked in and saw him from across the room and knew He was the she wanted for forever He noticed her from across the room and knew She was the girl in all...
Meeting Minako (Part 2)
"What does Serendipity have in store for our erstwhile interracial lovers?"
When we last left our two confused and aroused interracial wannabe lovers young twenty-one year old Minako was in a Lexus limousine heading to pick up her handsome older date John at his hotel. The couple would be attending a...
The Changeling Baby
"What price to keep magic in the world?"
"Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."-WB Yeats, "The Stolen Child"***William didn't tell anyone that the baby spoke to him. Who would...
The Shadows
"If a light shines, come out of the darkness."
I stand in the shadows nightly,Waiting for the light,Not to shine on me but you,But to open my eyes to you.I stand and wait for you,Wait so patiently each night,Wondering will you appear,And hoping the light shines bright.I stand nervously...
My First Everything
"My true story wherein the first date rules where forgotten and I chased love instead"
By the book. That's how I'd always lived my life, till the day I first met Michael. My books were riddled with past horrors that had left me shaken to the core, and I was still shaking till the day...