Overwhelmed, our vulnerable hearts fill up, fragile from the weight of emotion,yet there is no collapse or implosion,only the soundless falling of a single tear.A drop in the ocean without noise or ceremony,I can feel it reverberating somewherein the voice...
tears
Unfaithfully Yours
"My love has turned cold ...for you I am no more"
Lying here in the darkstaring up at the ceiling,another sleepless nighttossing and turning,the wedding ring tarnished and worn,my smile no longer bright.Blue skies never looked so grey,the flowers from that day decayed.Now I am lying here, with you next to...
Loves Illusions
"Sometimes love takes patience and also brings fear"
I woke up last nightmy mind filled with terror you said you did not love me anymore My eyes filled with tears, I could not seethe pain that inside cut like a knife to my heart and drowned me in fearYou...
The Fort
"The safe haven of a kitten."
I'm alone, in my fort. The tears streaming down. Built to be a shelter, for me alone. I let him in, though my heart breaks. My mind wants logic, my heart wants protection. My body, defies it all. It is...
It's a happy time of the year, I know you're busy at your job. For me there's lots of tears,You act like a complete snob. You shut down and run out of here,Do you even care how I feel?You're like a...
Exhausted
"All kinds of feelings"
I sit here and wonder what mood you'll be in today, It's exhausting trying to figure it out. Will it be a happy day? Or will it be gray?I try to be happy and not pout. I always feel so tense...
Missing You Always
"Thinking of You Always"
As that date has passed I thought of you, I miss you and all the things we used to do. All the vacations and time spent together,We were supposed to be together forever. We were a unique pair and now we're...
Rob and Amanda Lundsford – Chapter one of two
"The grass may seem greener, but it hardly ever really is."
I'm Robert Lundsford, age thirty-eight, husband, stock broker for Hilling's Investments, and as I now know; an unknowing cuckold. My wife of ten years is Amanda Lundsford; age thirty-six; works for Hammond Industries, wholesalers of kitchenware—she's a receptionist—oh, and a...
Red and Darla Clayton-chapter two of two
"People make mistakes, but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel."
"Mom, we don't hate dad. We never did," said Jennifer. "That's right mom. Heck, we love him, I guess. But . . ." started Randy. "Kids, I know what you mean, and your dad, neglectful as he was, and stubbornly...
Red and Darla Clayton-chapter one of two
"People make mistakes, but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel."
1998 I sat at the dinette table slowly rotating my cup of tea; a cup of tea I had not yet taken a sip from. Across from me, she watched me do it. Sixteen years of marriage down the shitter....