Books have always gotten me through tough times. I would sit on my bed and travel to magical lands when I wasn’t able to ...

Trust blessed mewith unbearable lonelinessas you loved awaymy self-esteemreplacing it with fear and doubt Your love gifted mewith shattered confidenceplacing no valueon my presenceshowing ...

When you hear people talk about Nebraska, the first thing I think of is Corn. I mean, even their basketball team is named the ...

Bewildered at life I look at myself When shall I cross This moment despair Hate fills my body Wretched design No fuel to continue ...

Leftover fall leavesBrown, crackling, discardedCrocus heads peek through. Photo courtesy of Peggy Choucair from Pixabay

Read Part One here. We normally make vast understatements when the actual statements can’t be put into words. And saying that these times are ...

You can hold on while still falling.Miracles are seen in the unseen. Fall-and holds on all at the same time.Impossible?No. The bird with broken ...

Even in death she was still a demanding old lady. Thunder crashed and lightning stuck bringing me back to reality.

Oh stupid girlHead held highThe world before youHappiness rarely without paymentBack and forth, with bated breath Oh stupid girlYou reluctantly nodKnowing everything cruel and ...

My heart weeps silently          for the child                    I once carried My mind paralyzed          with fear of a reoccurrence                    but my ...