Vernissage

"An art exhibit,a woman on the prowl."

It was evening, one of those evenings that hold a kind of promise, a sense of expectation...dresses become tighter, suits more elegant. Everyone struggles to convey a sense of allure, even if fear and loneliness have taken a strong grip...

A Deeper Love – Part 2

"Fleur's feelings for Andie deepen."

Drifting awake, I open my eyes and see Andie sitting close by on a chair, naked. She is drawing, charcoal I think. She smiles, radiantly, and I melt.“Morning, lover. I couldn’t resist drawing you,” she says in a sultry way.Lover,...

Diligere

"An exploration into online friendships and relationships, despite distance."

You have seen me for all that I am.Covered in the darkest, unfathomable essence of the night,I have bared all of my soul to you in the softest of tones.I have given you access to all of my memories.The most...

Plasmic

"No, it's not about Verbal . . ."

First I caredThen I didn'tJust like magicJust not there How exciting!How exotic!All so different!Yet still me First I loved himThen forgot himPlasmic pithInhabiting It's within meThen about meInside, outsideHere, then gone FascinatingAlways changingYet me, remainingAll along.

My Glasses

"From a True Event... Perhaps this will be the last of these."

Such a simple thing, almost beyond notice. I saw my glasses lying on the table. My thoughts wandered to how they were always there as we exchanged our words.Thousands, hundreds of thousands of words.The first, tentative, flirting words in a...

Our Candle

"True feelings..."

So long ago, my Love, it seemsthat we lighted our candle. Tentative at first we were,as was it's fragile, flickering flamewhich could have been so easily extinguished.Yet, it stayed alight,growing stronger and steady,a brightly burning blaze,a symbol of our love.True, there...

Music Box

"From a real event..."

The sweet sadness of a music box winding to a stop. The notes growing slowly further and further apart. The cheerful tune becoming melancholy. I wonder at each note, "Will it be the last?" As we drift apart, my Love,...

Perhaps

"Written for a true event"

The time I had with you, my Love, Shall ever be with me. You changed my life for the better; Grateful I am for that. Our parting was a shock to me, But, I do understand. The future right now...