Aurora Award Nominated Author
I remember counting the pills that I had poured into my hand. They lay in my palm like scattered teeth and I wondered if it would hurt when I swallowed them, taking a pound of flesh on their way down. I remember the sunshine… Continue Reading “Memory Photographs – A Poem”
The sky is a green so deep that it reminds me of the ocean when a storm hits. I wonder if the sky will swallow us and what will be left after. When I look at his face, I see the same emotions that… Continue Reading “Within the Storm – A Poem”
I could hear her before she became visible. The song she was singing stretched her voice out before her so that it was the first thing about her that I became aware of. Notes of song rang out into the cool air and, from… Continue Reading “The Joy in the Darkness – A Poem”
I hold on to pain. that I find on the streets. It litters the ground, broken shards of glass, forgotten matchbooks, the occasional forgotten book that has become fat with rain. I gather these up, clutch them to my chest. The shards of glass,… Continue Reading “A Wish In The Dark – A Poem”
“I don’t understand how you can do it.” She said. Her voice was soft and her eyes were narrowed in thought. “How can you forgive? Does nothing from the past matter?” I thought of her question and how loaded it was. My past was… Continue Reading “Holding On To Glass – A Poem”