Love with every stranger, stranger the better
I keep falling madly in love with people for just one night. …
Journals
Reading old journals is the strangest thing. It’s hearing the voice of a ghost who used to be you, someone you left behind somewhere along the way. Every now and then I…
Countdown
The day was breaking, and she was not afraid anymore. Her knees were sore from kneeling but her soul was cleansed. As the first rays of sunlight entered her room, she stood…
Getting rid of perfectionism in 2021
Perfectionism is trying to protect you from failure or rejection. If you never publish your writing or your music or your art, you can't fail, can you? …
The Birds
“I wonder if they’re real,” John asked, pointing at the crows on the fence bordering the pond. Overgrown grass reigned supreme, but the park still showed signs of its past of glorious,…
The Forest
He was not supposed to be alone in the forest.…
The Road
Outside, the fog blurred the road behind them, clearing their path to a new life with a safe bed, quiet nights, deeper dreams and lighter hearts.…
Forever
“I want to be with you forever”, you said as we hunkered down in our little room, surviving on love and wine and promises. Spring brought poetry, red roses, pale sunlight and…
Echoes
The radio didn’t work anymore, but sometimes she could still hear their voices—sometimes they laughed at her, sometimes they taunted her to go outside, sometimes they pleaded for help.…
Playing with dolls
Finding Bernard and the girls was the best thing that happened to her.…