“Fine,” Mom said as the kids were putting their boots on.

“Stay away from the river, and don’t go near the ice caves,” she sternly announced to them.

“Ice Caves?!” Alex exclaimed. This was his first time visiting his cousin at their ranch. Every time he turned around, there was another fascinating aspect of this rural life. The coyotes howling each night, the arrowheads and ancient fossils litter...

On a cold winters eve, Callie stumbled across the enchanting woods where most people made their own dreams come true. Once she was standing in front of the frozen sickles hanging from the vines she saw a figure among the trees. There wasn’t enough time for her too shout to the figure because after she stepped on a twig it bolted away. The figures seemed to be carrying some th big sharp maybe a hat...

Beneath a tree, silent cries.

Up in the sky, no surprise.

Spirit of Chakor, watch tears pour.

The moon always knew, she’d explore.

Young girl, big dreams

Always hoping, heart of sunbeams.

But on this night,

she’s strewn in blue.

Hear the call of the loon.

Watch her typhoon.

All in a blue moon....

The sun beats down on my head as each rhythmic thud beats in my ears. My cadence is picking up as the events of last fall replay in my mind. With each rumination, my heart grows colder even as my body heats up and the sweat trickles down my back. As hard as I try to literally run the anger and sense of betrayal out of me, the more resentment and hurt cling to me. I use to be carefree. I used to be...

Could you feel that I was freezing out there?

I think in a way you must have known

This was always how it was going to end

One way or another

There was no way we could end other than tragedy

I don’t think I hate you

In fact I think I’ll always love you

I know you love me too

That’s why you had to leave me outside

In the cold...

Jani woke up with a start and lay on the bed trying to comprehend what woke her up. She stared at the ceiling for sometime. Had she heard a scream? There was no one else in the house and even the nearest neighbour was about a miles distance from the cottage she had rented for a week.

She felt a chill run down her spine. Suddenly feeling very cold she looked around for any additional blankets in t...

What is this? An escape?

The sharp light reflects into my cave, ripping it open. I lower my head reaching towards it, as to avoid the pointed ice above.

I have gotten so used to the chill of my home. Why would I leave now?

I don’t wish to be spit out.

Not again.

So I return into the comfortable embrace of darkness....

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**Last night I dreamed of muted sobs,**

**where echoes have no end**

**Which stem from sorrows people face,**

**with hearts that never mend**

**They'll follow down the path that leads,**

**through shadows of despair**

**Beyond the stream of tears they've cried,**

**through the path that leads nowhere**

**Where the sobs are only memories,**

**that haunt without a word**

**And bring to lif...

It was the kind of winter morning that wrapped the world in silence.

The air was still, crisp enough to bite at your nose, and the sky a pale, wintry gray. Trees stood bare, their limbs cloaked in frost like lace spun from the breath of January. A layer of snow blanketed the ground, soft and untouched, and every roof in the small mountain town of Pine Hollow carried its own crown of snow.

Icicle...

Silent crystal teeth

a lone shape in frozen dusk

pauses at the edge....