My roommate arrived one day frantic locked out of her car and couldn’t be late for work again so I gave her the keys to my own car. I went for a walk across town and found her car, keys dangling from the ignition and the window rolled…

She did not stay locked in the Cage made of gold For she herself was a bird With a heart of gold High was her flight Sharp was her sight Fierce like an eagle She flew up in the skies Infinite skies were her home…

its warm in here and so coming out doesn’t seem right questions arise as to whether I should go I can’t anyway, it’s not time yet I suppose she decides when I can come out or maybe it’s me who gets to choose but if…

Silent they stand Watching over us Unbothered by squirrels climbing And birds nesting   But when the wind comes Their secrets they spill Whispering to one another As gossip passes across town   Neighbors agitated by these sentinels’ betrayals Doors slam, tempers rise, heads ache…

True story ( ©️ H.J ) 2019: In response to Prompt 7 https://official-authorhj.yolasite.com/media-gallery.php   “LOCKED” Corners of my memory, Haunted by ten years of calamity; Locked out! Kept in! Captive, can’t win… Ten years, A million fears, And one baby boy. Wails and tears, No…

Closing Suddenly Keys still inside though I know Now going through glass

Frightened fairy in an ancient oak tree Sprinkling plastic glitter, don’t you mock me No longer prey to your insidious gloom Hereby shall I enforce your doom Determined at this late hour At last I have found my true power No longer will you swagger…

To be awake is knowing this isn’t real in the flash of the landing Fom there to here is a long way Let the mattress catch me if I fall  

I was lying on the ground My head in his lap. Dazzled by his smile I felt such bliss.   Someone uttered “Give him a kiss!” And his eyes twinkled down at me; That mischievous grin that was always at the ready   I leaned…

Each night, many things, objects, and people fall into the stage of my dreams They perform, they sing, but in the end, they always leave But each night, you fail to materialize You antagonize me about your absence and the content of my nightly thoughts…