The maudlin in me is brought up, dredged from the many consumptions that plague us, honey-sweet or bitter, burning slow down sliding through my throat like a blessed ague. I’m sick, baby, didn’t you know, I’m tormented by demons you’ve never met. Give me that…

Rising to the fourteenth floor of the posh hotel in the center of the cold city, the beep of each passing level took me back to the screams of life giving machines that doled out survival with sighs and repeated tones, monotonous and vital. Here…

Awakening to the freshness I come in fully and with heart open to this new day giving giving giving to myself now… this is good…  

that bang around in my head batter themselves against the walls of my head silent violent screams exhausting all I wish I could say (Quote from prompt song Ben Howard – “I Forgot Where We Were”)

An ordinary day, sun filters in I see you and there is nothing I dread your coming then I have to feel the nothingness between us

You’re fried, you’re late, you’re last only an hour behind, don’t wait! there’s still a chance to step on your words, and dash   to close the distance between where you are and where the goal starts   24-hours worth of..   spontaneous, uncertain, sweat-causing…

Love heals all, so they say… But what about Love that hurts… Love that’s sacred… Love that’s toxic… Love that Lies… Love that drowns you, but rescued you from yourself…

The Downy drinks to the hummingbird’s aggravation Seemingly gawky at the feeder next to the darting dancer, Impatiently waits while attempting to intimidate with her acrobatics, Too big to sit at this tiny breakfast spot, drinks and pecks at ants behind the glass Finally the…

When the chapter came to an end I had two options One Continue to try and squeeze in more words that held no benefit to my story Two Move on to the next chapter I choose to move on to the next chapter To discover…

And so they danced among the tree Laughing on the summer breeze Lightly kiss familiar face Called deeper into sacred place Hidden lost within the soul Spring to life to open door