"If death came knocking…. would you?"
“I didn’t want to worry you.” The message appears, confirming all my fears.She hasn’t been around for days. I knew something was up. Her usual playful messages were absent. There was silence.“Me, worried?” I say with poorly disguised cheer. “They don’t know if it’s...
"A blind date"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Your white dress and sexy underthings lie next to my clothes in a pile by the coffee table.The memory of our first night plays through my mind: the blind date, the quiet conversation, the laughter. Both of us thirst for...
Chocolate has always been interwoven in the language of loveJuvenile attempts at connection first taking place on the school yard Valentine's Day further initiating us into the ritual Red foiled promises of affection delivered to X and O adorned boxesShy giggles and...
"I miss your kiss"
I can still feel your kiss on my swollen lipsThe way that you made me feel insideI stare up at the sky with a screaming painWhy did this have to die?Long nights in darkened roomsOur bodies touching as our desire...
They say time is the healer of all pains But I for one question the theory For there are some pains That linger in my fury These scars will never heal Nor vanish in my time They’re a perfect part of meTheir stories are forever mine Some...
“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...
I’m having trouble reading you sometimes.First, you lapped me up like a stray dog in heat, but not quite. On nights when we drank together, nothing much else seemed to matter but the moment, until the sun showed us we...
"An old friend of my ex's comes back into my life"
It was Neema’s skin that really attracted me to her. I had met her years before and she seemed nice enough, but as she was a colleague of my ex-wife, I hadn’t lingered over any thoughts about her. Then one...
"The feeling you have for your first love never really fades..."
“Mom, look. Someone is moving into Johnson’s old house across the street,” Amber said.“It’ll be nice to have the house occupied,” Amber’s mom, Tillie, said. “It’s been vacant for far too long.”“We could bake some brownies to bring over later,”...
"Elizabeth Barrett Browning answered in her Sonnet 43, this is my answer."
A poet once said, “How do I love thee?”She went on to explain all the waysHow do I love thee?I couldn’t explain though I talk to the end of daysWhen we are togetherMy world spins aroundHolding you closeMy feet leaving...
