We met in the summer

Hearts fluttered passions flew

A sailors song our anthem

Ignorant of the ending we already knew

When heat and love are high

It makes the sweet promises you utter

Promises of forever

Promises of a life better

By winter our love could not break

But the alarm of war sounded like thunder

Duty and honor bound you had to act

By water and blood we were torn asunder

All night I wa...

When I awoke from surgery I expected to see a nurse or maybe two nearby, but the reality was horrifying. Not only was I in a dimly lit room filled with other hospital patients, but there was not a nurse in sight. The walls and ceiling looked makeshift. The room had a damp, cool atmosphere that I just could not seem to shake.

I sat up in my bed, searching for a nurse to explain where I was and ho...

A song on repeat

Volume turned to the max

Head banging

Hair flipping

Arms dancing

Sing along as loud as you can

No one but the open road to judge

Let the notes flow through you

Energize your old bones

Fill up your weary soul

Breathe it all in

The happiness, the nostalgia,

Impossible to frown in the aura of his voice

Let all your worries loose

Throw them in the wind!

And then play it again....

Past experience told me that if something was too good to be true, it was. So when I walked into my favorite lunchtime diner and got a vacation in the Bahamas as a side to my usual burger and fries, I was sure there was some sort of catch. A week long vacation for free just for being the one millionth customer? The doubt wheels were turning in my mind.

However, I could not just turn down a vacat...

I think I have just met the happiest person in the world.

When she looks around her she sees all the pain and suffering, but chooses to focus on the little bit of joy she can find. When she smiles the whole room brightens, the atmosphere instantly lifted. Nothing can bring her down, for she walks on the air of confidence. She’s been through hell, and now she’s back.

She doesn’t let anyone take...

My heart raced as my eyes darted from tree to tree. The pines towered over me like a large and ominous audience, hindering my view and therefore my search. The sun should have been high in the sky by now, but in this forest I could not tell. There was a dark tension so thick it was palpable - not even the sun shone here. My legs continued to put one foot in front of another without my mind telling...

I refuse to beg you for my life. I realize it would fall on deaf ears, and I doubt that an appeal to your emotional side would make any difference on whether I lived or died. If it makes any difference to you, I would very much like to live. There is a life that depends upon mine, a life much more precious than mine own. A life free of sin and stain, perfect still before he draws his first breath....