Sandwiches Enough at Last

She, alone, was ready for the apocalypse. She was well equipped with weapons. She was designed for survival. She had no family ties No one to slow her pace down. She had everything she needed for years But the raspberry, orange jam for her PB&J…

Gentlemen’s Quarterly

In the pavilion, there are many people All new faces but without the new smell I want to reach across and grab someone and say hello and know them But in the end, I know I will just walk past all of you without a…

It’s Time (Poem #7)

I don’t know how to say this How do I find the words The courage to stand back up The strength to continue on The ground became my comfort I’d been thrown down so many times They think they can control me They think I’m…

You’ve Got Me Walking On Fire!

Tenth Hour You’ve Got Me Walking On Fire!    I awake in the silent darkness of night. I hear and feel things, from which most would take flight. I don’t have a friend nor a helpmate in sight. I must face the solemn torment and…

prompt 7 and 8: I am a good girl

I decided to see if I could put both the trapped and locked out…turned out I could:   i am a good girl blasted bottle said “drink me.”   i am a good girl i do what i am told in this world of men…

One Thousand and One

There were at least one thousand and one reasons to go back.  I only needed the one. Simple love lived there.  It had been years since I paid her a visit, yet she welcomed me like it was yesterday.  Simple love is easy that way. …

Prompt #7 Rolling hills (song prompt)

Rolling Hills  and cedar trees. that’s our meeting place,  where we dance with abandon,  running towards each other frantically. Rolling down over rolling hills Dancing naked around bonfires you strum your guitar   and utter my name  and it sounds like a song. The sweetest lie…

Hour Seven – song prompt…

Blissfull fireflies Dance in the rain Watching you go No longer in pain A moment in time Captured Like a butterfly Emerging from its cocoon Seasons change, and end Only to begin again Your soul forever near Appearing unexpectedly As a rainbow in the rain…

prompt 6: animkiig

  animkiig standing on the lake shore. black sky arches in a perfect “c,” cupping the lake as if to hold it in its palm. the lightning comes toward me.  in front of me. behind me a group of people, concerned for their safety, cry…

Hour 6

I wait outside the door I listen to the sobs inside The door is locked, I cannot come in Let me in, baby girl Let me say it will be alright

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