Mother opened her book To teach from the scripture About men with hardened hearts Who speak volumes but never listen It ended in tragedy ...

I long for you in the shadows dream of you at night   Wonder what you’re thinking and if your day is alright   ...

Dandelion pompoms Adrift in the breeze Each sprightly seed A nimble cheerleader spreading Spring’s spirited message Of a triumphant return Defeating Winter’s grey depressed ...

My husband is gone, Sealed himself up, cocooning Any love, affection Like I’ll live in a desert Then never ask for the rain.

The beaten path is not for me The trail laid out by those before To walk along and see the marks Of the more ...

What wretchedness ‘Tis to be born the wrong sex ‘Specially, so if one’s royalty and that’s what befell Queen Mary of Scotland just a ...

My heartbeat quickens.  The need to do anything.  A sickening feeling within my heart.   I feel I must move.  My fingers, my legs, ...

Knowledge and ideas abound within the pages can be found the smell of ink conjuring images in a blink journey to distant lands all ...

When  recognition turns to roiling rage, and its flaming eyes pin you to the wall; there’s no escape. The truth has not set you ...

The pendulum swings- delicate life. When goodness usurps, both blades of the knife. Nostalgia-when happiness, seeming so clear yet, soon the non wounded slashes ...