When is a kiss not a kiss? a slapping together of lips an infestation of tongues What is a kiss? dance of the eyelashes a covered smile tips of hands meeting, a second When does not a kiss become a kiss? When does love not…

You belong outside My multi and long-legged adversaries Not in my house, not As happened once, hovering quite delicately on the ceiling Right above my bed And waiting, I think deliberately Until I had barely opened my eyes To fall straight down on top of…

the sweet pleasure of reading a book under the blankets hiding it from the roving parental eye open the covers to the thrill of the chase the light of the flashlight of imagined worlds for nocturnal eyes. A mere bloody sacrifice of sleep.

I stand proudly on the shore, sending out a beacon of light. A signal to the ships tossed by the sea, encouraging them to fight. I guide them in the darkness, carefully bringing them home. Promising them safe harbor, so they no longer need to…

Eternity Now I don’t know what I want but I want it now You never live once failure is the only option turn around and say goodbye to your Euridice seize the death Death to your answers evermore evermore endless summer and blessed night

Too tired to move Staring at wood spider’s web Intricate doily Diane Morinich

Cymbals of lightening chant of thunder the dance of rain orchestral thunderstorms symphony of summer

BREAK NECK SPEED Life moves at break neck speed, full throttle, balls to the wall, waiting for no one. So why should I? I’ve spent most of my life putting others first, silencing my heart, dying to the dreams coursing through my blood, pouring out…

checkered shirt, checkered past heart shaped buttons, heart of gold sunflower print pants, sunny disposition diamond studded skulls, diamonds in her eyes clothing, personality fashion, an inverted telescope of the soul into the world

Once there was a happy fly, Roaming here, hopping there, One day a spider saw her Slowly, steadily moving towards the fly The spider took her in the grip of her eight legs As the first leg tightened, the fly lost concentration The second one…