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 […]
Photographs and memories [2004]
A package arrivedWrapped in cardboard and whispering promiseI opened it with glee and lookedAt the photos of my past, presentAnd future The face smiled back at me with hope in her eyesHow brave she was to face her most desperate fearHow innocent in her trustHer hope, that she could escapeThe realities of life Hope is […]
10 Minutes
The worst 10 minutes just occurred. You know that sinking feeling you get in your stomach that makes you feel like you’ve just been drawn and quartered and your innards are splashed all over the pavement. That rush of adrenaline that courses through your body seemingly going from 0-60 in seconds. The sensation of dropping […]