Silence echoes throughout the roomAnd Dylan Thomas whispers in my ear“Rage, rage against the dying of the light”Poets and warriors, long since dead, call to meWhile afternoon shadows dance on bare wallsAnnouncing dusk, too soon, too soon. The light moves on, leaving darkness behindThe walls clinging to the last rays of warm lightLike a frightened […]
The Silence [2006]
The silence swells around me like a dust cloud of darknessWaves of it sweeping in to consume the colors and fabric of my lifeLeaving behind only nondescript grays in its wake Quiet ebbs and flows upon the shores of my mindUnobtrusively at first offering peace and serenityIt lulls and seduces, calling to me as if […]
Solitude
She didn’t see him as he approached her. She was so lost in conversation with friends that she was completely unaware that she had somehow caught the attention of the man who would soon change her life forever. Perhaps it was just the way she moved when she spoke, or perhaps it was the tone […]
The Mirror [2004]
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 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, […]
[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 […]