Everything is closing in. I live in a castle, with gargantuan rooms And regal tapestries But, I’m feeling more like Rapunzel- Trapped in a tower In this state, I have no power The more I perspire, the smaller things become. I am trapped Everything is…

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…

Hunky armed men in heavy boots Carried their shovels like rifles. They were the finest workers The municipality could afford. Through the dust could be seen The outline of the last ’70s piano bar, The dusty ferns and jars of outdated antipasta Waiting secondary demolishment….

Twelve next month, that preteen brink. I have a new step-daddy, a new baby sister too! Momma is so happy, I think-                   with everyone but you.   Says I must deserve the welt from the tops…

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…

This was a coooool prompt!  Below is a peek into the chaos of the house of a teacher at the end of the school year.  It sounds a right mess but it is just life scattered around the house of a family with a teenager…

I was able to visit a place that is out of this world.  I couldn’t describe the feeling inside when I saw then light and splendor.  At first I thought that the lights were so bright, then realize that Love was the light.  I felt…