Image Prompt   GOING ON AN ADVENTURE Staring down the barrel Quietly Silently Holding my breath AIM SHOOT BUMBLE BEE FLYS AT ME AHHHHH RUN AWAY

the once great captain surveyed the remains of her crew. ruffians, all of them, but loyal. evening sunlight cast odd shadows as they worked to maintain the Galya’s course to the end of the world six months of frustration, the death of four crew members,…

I cannot focus I cannot zoom I cannot lift the lens to my eye I am committing to memory All that I take in Before it fades and changes again I cannot photograph a memory I cannot still a sound I cannot capture a scent…

Aromatic tea Pages rustle in the breeze Reading in the sun

The Blank Wall   With a blank wall I have nothing to erase No hurdles to jump over No hoops to jump through. Only possibilities. So I stare and ponder. Shadows play cat and mouse On the blank wall in my mind. Ladders go nowhere…

Shadows stretch out long fingers reaching for the dark hiding our secrets, memories we lock away, and bury in our hearts.   Remembrances cast shadows forward into our lives, creeping into our consciousness, when our resistance wanes.   When we face the light, those unwelcome…

Fingerprints on the fridge footprints in the fabric a foreign perfume in the air a trial of breadcrumbs left behind Who stole my sandwich? It had my name on it and everything bacon, lettuce, tomato, and cheese but it’s so much more than a BLAT…

The names fill the white board, A tombstone drawn in jest. Those who moved to other places, This office no longer the best. Picking up the pieces. New hires are moving in. There’s training and much work left to begin. Work from home, work from…

They want us docile and simple Weak and attentive Leaving our desires behind Shunning our passionate nature The want us voiceless And suffering in silence They want us calm and unaware But as the fire burns through the sky As it rips through the stars…

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