Your energy is that of purple skies,

Skies in your eyes kill me inside.

Inside these lies are perfect rhymes,

Rhymes that cause me to run and hide....

It’s you, I bet.

Your kindness lifts me up when I feel blue.

Your smile gets me through every rut.

Fate has played a part in this, it’s true.

The past is what I want to bury.

The future is a blur.

I’m grateful that in a time of such transformation, you make me feel like I could fly....

Youth whispers in my bones,

but she does not scream.

She speaks to me in riddles,

And reminds me of better days....

“I can’t take care of you like this.”

His voice rumbled with disappointment.

Was he disappointed in me? I wondered.

“I’m fine.” I assured him.

“You’re not fine, you have dementia!”

It was then I realized for the first time that I was deteriorating like a sandcastle abandoned on the beach. The worst part was that my family was taking the toll. The doctors say it’s mild but progressive.

“I’m s...

“Audi dewy dumbella”

“Why does that sound like the chant from child’s play? Do you even know what you’re doing”

“Ha I was just kidding, can you google it again for me?”

Maggie rolled her eyes. She took out her iphone allowing it to futuristically scan the features of her face until it unlocked with a click. She proceeded to google.

“How do you spell summoning? Never mind I got it.”

...

Like a Picasso

She was abstract

Breathtaking

Chaotic

A colorful mess

But art nonetheless...

We fought like fire with a burning passion.

You loved me fiercely to make up for it.

We were twin flames, this I was sure of.

Soulmates destined to set the world ablaze.

I felt special like your favorite action figure.

Little did I know I had fallen in love with a born pyromaniac.

Had heard only stories about how when you were little you would set your toys on fire in the yard and watch them...

She sat alone in a crowded room amongst friends.

Poised on a bar stool like calm water.

Zoning in and out of meaningless conversation.

Every so often her face would crumple with laughter, even when she didn’t hear the punchline.

Lonely seemed like an understatement to her

but you couldn’t tell.

She was happy.

Grinning on the outside, hollow on the inside....

Fierce green eyes peak out from under strands of auburn as you lift your head from a rested position. They roll backwards as our teacher reminds you not to sleep in class. I imagine touching the desk beneath you and feeling the warmth where your chest had laid. On a rare occasion you smile softly and it lights a path in front of me. As if a vignette had appeared around you and the rest of the room...

I’m a junkie for spontaneous road trips. We didn’t really have a destination in mind. I had spent the night before packing a last minute suitcase for my boyfriend and I, consisting strictly of 2 outfits, pajamas, and a toothbrush. I ditched the make up bag, tight jeans and docs. Slipped into a pair of comfortable nikes and a sun dress.

“You ready?!”

I hollered from the car with my pillow and l...