She is in the garden, digging and pulling. He likes the shape her body takes as she rips at the crabgrass and white clover surrounding her rows of pink Astilbe. “Leave my babies alone,” she mutters, protectively, wrenching the choking, spidery pieces out from the roots. Her aggression helps her maintain focus on the dreaded […]
Them – A Love Story {1}
She’s tall. Sturdy gait, steadfast, sure. Clogs, maybe. But usually little pointy, gray flats for the office, or a nice pair of hikers for outside. She wears the same jeans she wore as a senior in high school. She slips them on without a groan. Her hair shines—clean. He likes the way it hangs out […]
Is That The Way That It Goes? {Poetry}
Here, I find myself locked and loaded, in my bed, leaning, with charged-up, sweet emotions, wondering, dreaming, about where they (these feelings) can possibly go. Will they travel a few more boring, lonely byways to find you? To get to you? Will they trip and scale your rocky, musical mountain? Can they wade through our duly […]