Just A Dream

"It doesn't always go as planned"

Abigail drove Ben's old Ford until she came upon the sign marking the field of poppies. She hopped out and grabbed his old typewriter and headed up the path to their spot where they became husband and wife. She was...

Ethereal

"First love is never forgotten."

It was my escape.  I'd go there to think, to write, to dream. He worked for the farmer next door.  One day he wandered over and it became a habit.  We'd sit and talk for hours.  Romance bloomed and after weeks...

The Sorrow of War

"In 1915 Gallipoli came to symbolize Australia's national identity"

She wept, seeing Gallipoli chiselled into the cenotaph marble. No rose-tinted remembrances for those poppy fields.Sixty years hadn’t wearied one precious memory; amongst azaleas beside the billabong, they’d consummated love under the ancient red gum tree. He kissed her lips,...

I wrote you a love letter.But it burned before you could read it.There, in the warmth of the sunThat was in your eyesWhen you told me you loved me.I wrote you a love letter.But pieces were stolen in the windWhich...

When I Taste Tequila

"For those who have loved and lost someone special"

I knew where the night was headed When I first saw you across the crowded bar There was no doubt When the bartender sat the shot glass down And you made your way  toward the barstool next to me I knew I was  a goner When I...

Knowing When To Say No

"Fear is a product of our own imaginations; the monster I should fear is me."

I should have said 'No,' right from the start. I should have said 'No,' a dozen times along the way. I've always been a sucker for a pretty woman with a sweet voice, and I said 'Yes.' One too many times...