I’m one of the lucky ones. I’ve never been assaulted. I’ve never been molested. I’ve never been stalked. I’ve never been raped. But: I have tried changing how I walk so my hips don’t sway. (Because that would be provocative.) I have been propositioned in…

Step one Falling with such tremendous weight leaving countless shattered plates. Sara underneath mouth agate. Trying desperately to push and move it away the fallen china cabinet that somehow moved out of place. Body sore, cut and bruised Arm twisted too painful to move Finally…

It was summer when our hearts met, We curved a heart of a promised love, as we sat beneath the shade of a century old maple tree. Our dreams were planned for the next level of our life together but, The autumn wind blew the…

My shadow always with me following close listening to murmurs of secrets sharing nothing in silence.

Hush, the baby is sleeping. I want her to dream her dream… the vision stretches far like a sea of mercy.. mysterious and deep. Hush, for she will awake if we don’t tread in silence… like fairies on tiptoe through the lilies, unsullied. Her closed…

Before Darkness … I once panicked I hesitate. No Stop! It’s time to regulate. The darkness, the dusk unveils a scared time, a time to be ushered in with an open mind. Darkness signals rest, a slowing down of sorts. Not just a time to…

This was too long an assignment to finish and also have a break for life tasks. Somewhere is a draft of the narrative that I will work on in the future.   When I can find it. A love poem to a stranger on the…

At 41 I felt very sick I went to the doctors I wanted to make it quick He said you’re fine And when are you going to draw the line? “What do you mean?” I said Is this something I’m going to dread? You’re pregnant…

A woman . . . she had not known of LOVE before. Nor is she a romanticism. So she did not realized of a start of a marathon, when suddenly she was in the middle of it. Her heart went rock and about so abruptly,…

Lee planned the interaction months in advance, she went over her performance in the mirror, FLAWLESS, if Alex reciprocated similar feelings, month’s of crushing equating to a perfect delivery of herself to her lover, choked back feelings, verbal, physical, The interaction went down, as did Lee, FLAWLESS, Alex reciprocated…