Here I stand,Bound to you,Chained by history,Restrained by love. Your words strike me,Ripping through my flesh,Marking me with your pain. I alone take it,Welcoming your rage,Encouraging the hurt,All for your comfort. She is rebellious and mocking,Backing you into a corner,Needing to lash out...

The searing heat between usis both somehow ephemeraland reaching into something eternalbut may be a spirit that begins to pull away and elude us with agewhen we always swear we needto just feel something more. And it scares me to think this,that...

Final Retreat

"Solitude"

As the world ceased to be. Mankind's chickens. Had come to roost.People marching.Screams for answers.CNN on 24/7 blaring. As I packed my gear,I saw what had begun.What was now the norm.Fear.Panic. Returning to animal law. One last look aeound,As I closed the front door.Helen Tobias...

Battle hymn

"In the end, only love matters"

“….evacuate immediately. Citizens...”Tom switched off the radio. He wanted to scream. He wanted to break something.Instead he went upstairs and kissed her.Angela murmured sweetly, opening her eyes as if she knew. She held him tightly as he carried her.Angela’s lips were as red as...

Alison Goes to London: chapter 8 – Strangers in the Fucking Night

"After all that's happened, can Alison and Eva be reconciled?"

 “Are you sure it’s gonna be okay?” asked Alison. She was sitting in the back of a black London taxi, sandwiched between her parents.“Yes, honeypot,” replied her mother, “Professor Cuntslicker has sorted it all out. The black boy has left...

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...

Such odd flowers, writhing like stormy clouds until nectar glistens. Still, though spoilt we lie, shadowed and mangled beneath them, a beautiful color of petal they have: sunset and sunrise blushed with dew.Our color!But Mother Gaia, what flower drops its...