Month: October 2023

  • The Company You Keep

    I found higher ground to lie close to the clouds, where unfeigned life consists of watching the waves roll by in the blue sky. The weeks before, the weeks of laughing my head off out there with the others became too bright to stay in the middle of it all. I took the softer side,…

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  • Tangled Tenderness

    HE BRUSHES MY HAIR AND I BEGIN TO CRYbecause it’s like what you see in the movies:magnetic couples solidified over time,still in their prime of nurturing each other,still needing one another,still wanting to be there after the kids have gone,still holding on for the rest of the ride. In his simple act I am truly…

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  • Buttoned Up To My Chin

    The chill of a winter breeze nips my cheeks. I suck in and blow out little breath clouds as I stride across cobblestone streets bathed in light. My bare thighs above my knee-highs ache for your touch, your warmth. I clutch my collar and rise my red coat buttoned up to my chin, not letting…

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