Warmth

For the first time in 5 years, 4 months, and 16 days, Daisy felt warmth.

Sunlight strikes her like a cannon blast. Her hand carrying the fork she used to pry open the shed door immediately releases the object that just saved her life and moves to shield her eyes. Her skin feels as though it has been kissed by fire.

Steading herself, she takes a deep breath. Her first breath of fresh a...

Wisteria ascends to the heavens

with Ivy right on her heal

Honeysuckle takes her time

trying to get a feel

Jasmine trails behind

Dancing along the way

Sweet pea last in line

completing the bouquet

...

I spot it-

Floating

In the middle of the pond

I bundle up,

Preparing

To reach the center

I push off-

Gliding

From left to right

I stumble,

Collapsing

From untied laces

I break through-

Sinking

Beneath the surface

I look up,

Reaching

It’s just beyond my grasp...

From the corner of darkness

an invitation starts to seep

Hades bellows from realms below

disrupting her beauty sleep

Her decision is rash

no pause in sight

She fastens her robe

and dives into the night

To the underworld she goes

she hurries on her way

To the place where shadows chatter

And echoes sway

“You have made it!” He cried

a lone voice from within

She leapt into His palm

eage...

Based on Robert Frost’s Fire & Ice

Some say the world will end in fire

Some say it ends in ice

But I say ice is

A contender no more

Human desire

Made it beyond restore

So fire will have to suffice...

“I’d like you to meet my boyfriend!” Mama exclaimed, guiding a tall figure from the shadows of the front porch towards the empty seat directly across from me at the dining table. As I made eye contact with him, I felt the contents of the charcuterie board I’d been snacking on threaten to re-emerge.

“Nice to meet you,” I swallowed, attempting to hide the wavering in my voice.

“You as well, Mar...

My heart is a trophy

but not the kind

that one desires

The kind that resides

in the bowels of the attic

whose figure begins to atrophy

Oh what an atrocity

how adored it once was

now never to be admired again...

Tucked in the Tree’s arms

the Sun sings her lullaby

as I drift away...

My loneliness ebbs with the tide

as I pace the vacant shore

Tranquility washes over me

in a way I’ve not felt before

Why dwell on superficial people

and relationships that go one way

Instead I’ll keep company with the Sea

who always knows what to say...

As the night completes

Wedding dress drops to the floor

Limbs dance in the sheets

As the year ended

Flowers litter the counter

Issues are mended

Two years have gone by

Her heart and belly swollen

and morale is high

Nine months are over

Lullabies sang to new babe

never been closer

As life trudges on

More precious memories form

and so do new bonds...