I couldn’t say that

You must understand.

Why bring it up?

It’s out of my hands.

When I look at her

seething

my wrath burning deep,

no courage is found

to utter a peep.

But away from her presence,

boy, am I free!

To sigh and sneer,

cackle and creep.

I feel powerful

when she is away

to let my deceitful tongue sway,

to feign my respect from day to day.

But with such power

I’m s...

willing to love for the first time.

my single rule being: thee be God’s

…and I be thine....

Everything was a blur. Streams of tears ran across my cheeks as I continued rowing. Not only was I struggling to see but each swift movement I made sent a slicing pain through every bone in my body. A puddle was forming beneath me. Was it water? But it feels…warm. Blinking away the tears, I quickly glanced down. Blood. It was already coating most of the canoe. How much of it will I lose before hit...

A red octagon. What was it again? ‘Slow down’? ‘Wrong way’? My foot hovered over the brake as I cautiously scanned the street for clues. Finally, my eyes landed on a freshly painted crosswalk right below the sign. ‘Stop.’ Of course, it was a STOP sign. Almost a year has gone by since the last written traffic sign was ripped off of Chestnut Avenue’s curb. Sure, it was an inclusive measure taken on...

I watched my bare feet dance over the smooth rocks and calm waters below me. My fingers picked at the old splinter-prone wood upon where I sat. There was no other place on earth where I could find such a secluded and peaceful bridge. What started out as a secret spot to clear my head, became something much more. It was -in many ways- like a home or a sanctuary. Only there were no walls. No others....