She slowly stepped out of the shower, pausing a moment to try and compose herself, then shaking her long wet hair in an attempt to purge the thoughts from her mind. Thinking to herself, only half jokingly, “Maybe if I shake my head hard enough… it’ll all go away”. She reached for the towel on […]
The Art of Waiting [2013]
I have always had an enormous amount of patience. Astrologically, that’s an anomaly because I’m an Aries, and Aries are noted for being the most impatient of all the signs. I suppose my natal chart does offer a lot of explanations for my patience, but it’s too long and involved an explanation to go into […]
The Summer Place [2003]
Opening up the house for the summer was usually a chore, and this year was no different. Each year Margaret was sent down to the shore two weeks ahead of the family’s arrival to ready the house, and each year she both dreaded it and welcomed it. The house was a large three story Victorian, […]
Me and Anais Nin [2014]
I was reading some Anaïs Nin late last night. Yes, I couldn’t sleep. When I go through a period of insomnia, I usually read. Every emotion like an exposed wire in a rain storm. Every reaction a spark that jolts. It makes it impossible to relax long enough to go to sleep, although I have […]
A New Heart [2014]
I was talking with a friend earlier this week. I was re-telling the places my mind had wandered when I heard a line on the season finale of “Grey’s Anatomy”. One of the patients is dying and needs a heart transplant. Once he had the transplant he said, [paraphrase] ‘Somewhere along the line that he […]
[2005]
And if I fell Wailing and weeping To the floor at your feet Would the silence be deafening? Could my voice speak? And if I cried The words choking The pain caught in my throat Would the tears scream for me? Could my eyes ask for help? And if I hungered The constant need devouring my soul Desire raping my mind Would my […]