Flowers bloom. Seasons change. Petals fall. Nothing’s the same. It’s been a while
Cousin. Brother. Best friend. All one person and now he’s dead.
Lord, Things are unbearable. I have been shouting. I have been crying. Hoping you would listen.
center Two years ago, I lost my brother, my friend. Although he wasn’t perfect,
I saw him, standing alone in the rain, crying for someone to love him. Hungry, lost,
Don’t leave me brokenhearted. Don’t leave me in the dust. Don’t pretend you love me, if all you feel is lust. I’m scared you’ll walk away.
I was sixteen when it happened. My best friend Lilly convinced me to go to a party her boyfriend Joe was throwing and like an idiot I caved. As Lilly and I walked in the door she ran of...
It’s a partly cloudy but terribly cold day. I’m running late for school and still have to scrape my truck windows of ice. I finally get there about five, maybe ten, minutes late to my U...
Trailing kisses, hands on my back, hold me close and I can’t breathe. Perfect romance, my heart beats fast,
center the tear stained faces staring up at dark ceilings contemplating life
I see your face. Lifeless and pale, resting on a pillow of white silk. I try to pretend you’re sleeping, but the tears in my eyes betray me…
Peace comes: When laying under the stars. When wrapped up in his arms. When listening to bird song. When speaking to God above.
I close my eyes to surrender to th… but instead get bombarded by image… Your smile flashes at me from the… Your laughter bubbles out, and it’s like I’ve gone back in ti…
I walk around, feeling whispers. Avoiding the eyes that prosecute m… The stares. The glares.
Words fail.