My feet crunch as I make my way across the living room floor. The shattered ornaments almost look like confetti that had drifted gracefully to the ground, scattered there peacefully on the floor. Everything here indicates a party, the lights, the gifts, the food. Or at least it did. The string lights now look lie in a tangled mess in the corner, still glowing like fireflies. The gift boxes have c...

Kate felt like the floor must have been built uneven. She couldn’t seem to get her footing right and kept stumbling into the furniture. She felt the chilling, metallic taste of the vodka on her breath and decided to fix the floor tomorrow. Her night had been epic, filled with strange faces and places she had never been to before. Surrounded by so many people, she felt alone. No one truly knew who ...

Sex seemed so far away,

It was never meant for me.

My first boyfriend

Bless him,

Never awoke that need.

In the sheets

I thought

It would all click

The lust, the desire, the passion,

From the first touch I knew it would not.

I thought about

The straight lines of his chest,

Him rigid in my hand.

His bony hips against my leg,

Everything felt like a guess.

I had a dream that night

Lying alon...

The leaves seemed to fall in pairs,

A woman walked two dogs

But she was alone.

He wondered,

Does she feel love?

Without someone

To share a bed

To share a life

Was she as alone as he was?

Or just kind of

She sat beside a woman

Who also seemed alone,

She greeted her as friend.

Their conversation

He heard most of.

They laughed about old times

Of people long departed.

The spoke a about their liv...

I didn’t want to kiss her for the first time in the student parking lot at school, but here we were. I wasn’t sure what exactly I felt for her. Deep friendship, maybe more, maybe love? Definitely love, but was it romantic? Looking in her green eyes I decided that yes, even if I am getting carried away, even if I don’t feel like this tomorrow, I feel love right now. It was warm outside for February...

It felt small, claustrophobic. If not for the confined space, the heat would make your lungs feel too small, like you could only get relief once you were no longer inside. Like a caged bird or a dog in the car. There were cracks on the floor from where so many had stepped before, as if one wrong step would send the whole place crashing down.

There was only one way out, unless you counted the fire...

I was placed into responsibility. I didn’t ask for this, but once the water restrictions were announced, I found my seemingly nomadic way of life to now be a priceless asset. I found this waterfall years ago, and with desire to get away from those who vexed me so, decided to stay.

Was I now responsible for protecting this waterfall for when things got worse? I could offer up the supply while the...

You never asked, but

I would spend those nights

In the dark

When you wouldn’t call.

I would wonder

What I said said or did

To make you shut me out

To build a wall.

You never asked, but

I thought that this

Was how it was

Supposed to be.

When it was over

You never thought

That maybe your pain

Was designed to hurt me....

The thing about finding a soulmate that drove some mad what that there was no way to know whether someone was yours until your eyes met. You could travel the world looking for the one, but could never know until you were face to face. As much as you tried not to think about it, there was always a drive to look everyone in the eye. At the store, at concerts, strangers on the sidewalk passing by, so...

Sun shining down on my face,

Facing the wide open sea.

See my feet disappear beneath the waves,

Waves that wash the worry away.

Away from long hours,

Hours spent in front of a screen.

Screens that dry out my eyes,

Eyes that now look across the sky.

Sky turns to red as I breathe,

Breathe in the salt and smile.

Smile as I think of today,

Today I am as content as can be....