A vision in white Friends and family near A wedding some time in the distance, perhaps The details exact, all the way to the cake flavor Sunshine, roses, fragrance abound With one element missing A face That face That special face The groom To look…

There on the hilltop Going click A single Knight In her shiny kit Across the way Down by the river A parade of people With arms and quivers Above the river A bright blue awning Sitting beneath it A Queen’s Maid is yawning Without much…

The eyes are everywhere Daring… Glaring… Faces at the windows Staring… Despairing… Curled up in bed I hear your breath Softly rumbling, sound of death My head upon the pillow lies In the dim light, a shadow flies. My bladder aches, but I don’t dare…

Do you know who I am Years before I thought I knew Somehow my soul was lost to me Here I am, misplaced in time Walking on a distant shore Although I don’t know where I am I am myself in finding you Finally I…

i struggle to count the stars in the sky because it hurts to lie on my back the earth does not welcome my spine nostrils inhale soft dirt intoxicating the newness of it potential possibility fingernails grasp at the permanence forehead pressed firm into the…

The baby is asleep Now is her time To take a nap Take a shower Cook a meal Do the laundry Eat hot food Read a book Watch a show Call a friend Wash my hair The list goes on She can’t get up She…

She thought she needed more than who she was. She did not see the things that she was capable of. Like a garden long forgotten in full bloom she had a beauty that not even she knew. -h.e.m. 12 pm

Darkness Dementors Dejection Join hands in tandem   Happiness Ameliorators Affection Swim faraway ibidem   He might be here tomorrow He might not

All smoke and mirrors A magical illusion The curtain comes down

sinking in a starless sky paralyzed can’t catch my breath i know i’ll die if i stay here but i can’t move for this sharp pain of memory i have certainly loved before, lost before, and missed before but this is the third time and…