Spin Class

I can fly when I’m on my bike spinning away uphill, downhill. Running faster than light, sweat dripping down my back. Now, I ride through the preserve everyday.  Passing people wearing masks, Couples holding hands, skateboarders smoking weed and singing. But the most wonderful is…

Hour 12, Prompt 12 Handmaiden’s Tale

Last line “Are there any questions?” History is watching. Question your humanity. Any faith will do. Your silence exposes you. There is no silent, easy way through this. Are you ready?  

Criticism Correct and Write

Criticism Correct and Write “There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” Aristotle “Words are on a page can no longer hurt you.” JR Turek Write it outCry it outGet it out Bleed it out…Just keep on writing,…

2020 Hour 12: Last Stand

Here, in the last hour, I have no voice. Before, I fought out my inadequacies On this page, Thorough and gut-spilling self-examination Well-versed shots at my own heart But this feels different.   Mediocrity has come for me After a protracted pursuit. I always wrote…

Season of the Virus

Season of the Virus The ancestor rises again In its atavistic moment Blanket spreads the entire humanity Before one could forment Swaths of territory won As we face our gravest reality Hour 7 @varenyas

Prompt 12 ~ Post #12 Essence of Time

Ever notice how time flies continually through our life. Some with unending joy others with grief and strife. Only by experiencing the highs and then the lows. Will we be able to cherish the good and let the others go. So before all slips away…

Hour 12: Steel, As You Probably Know

I am made of steel made of nails and invincible. Keep going. Stop and I will find as you probably know I am an alloy based in iron Prone to rust and decay I don’t want to be reminded