Sacrifice

"Sex on the beach... with additional tentacles."

The High Priestess fastened the belt on the youngling’s ritual robe. She let her pupil bring the dedicated dagger on a gold-ornate cushion and hooked it into the holster.She mumbled the re-run of the ritual for the umpteenth time with...

Dare I?

"And if I should dare, dare you?"

Dare I unfurl the banner of my desiresAcross stubble fields and barren moorOr drag it through dew heavy meadowsTo hide beneath a willow's curtain, weeping? Should I barefoot and pregnant of expectationInduce grass spears to caress my skinOr dip them in...

 The little hill with the big surprise  As nature performs, as oft she does, She hides her little miracles,In magical places, Away from the maddening crowd. When I visit this place, She rejuvenates my spirits,As she lifts and takes me to heaven.Such a tiny little gem,On...

Before

"Holding him there, right there."

Arms of oak reach me. Thoughtful palms. Twigs earned of fingers stare into my skin. Unavailing bark peeled away.  Natures breath sways thoughts.  No rustling.  The whispers of my lilac eyes are heard.  Growth, runs rings around us. Anchored firmly...