It’s dawned on me, I finally see,

what the “inner child” actually means.

All this time, I had been thinking,

“How, at this age, can I unwind time

and go back to the me who was the shortest?”

“Who was she, and how would I know her?

She’s not in the mirror, she’s barely in my memories, and all those who knew her never seemed to really.”

Yet, I had it all wrong, that’s not who I seek.

No, it’...

_“…. and even after all that had transpired, after each revelation had smothered more of his hope, he still _

_still_

_still …”_ Excuse me, good sir, it is quite difficult to fill this page with your paw in the way! Oh, don’t look at me like that- I’m writing on a deadline! No, we cannot go to bed yet, well, you can, I should say, you do all day, anyway.

Unfortunately, as I am not a cat, I must ...

Darkness envelopes

the land, an omen from gods

above, our war lost....

five years on and you’re almost gone

from my mind and my heart

but every spring the nymphs do rise

and peripherally I see dragonflies

100 days, 100 sightings,

that’s what we wrote, that’s what we spoke….

hm.

it’s time to move on....

oh, look over there!

it’s a bakery under

the blue striped awning

oh, it smells so good!

there is nothing like butter,

flour, sugar, salt.

oh, c’est du française!

écoute alors! now we

know this is super

oh, don’t you love the

feel of flaky and buttery

croissants in your hands?

ohhhhh, this tastes divine!

I’m in love with this pastry,

this was worth the stop....

Soon, we will not bend

our backs to pick strawberries,

robots will instead...

Oh, to wake late on a summer’s day

by an ocean breeze kissing my cheek,

early risers stirring me from sleep,

seagulls call me to ocean waves.

Sweet summer days, so ripe and so sweet,

blooming with fragrance from the gardenias,

close your eyes, that’s where I’ll meet you

time’ll stand still, and our mouths will greet.

Oh, you look so good with your tan,

and your skin tastes warm and salty,

love...

Under my feet, I could feel a floor wet dirt and leaves losing their crisp texture. The air was colder than the muggy afternoon of the city, and I could smell moss just under the white covering over my face. I tried not to think about the jarring realization that I had no idea where I was or how I seemed to appear there in an instant.

I stood there with as much stoicism as I could muster, consid...

We only bring out the worst in each other

Keep each other’s lies about loving others

Lies like, “my heart can’t be broken, it’s just meant to be shared,”

and “love isn’t worth it without passion everywhere.”

But you can’t truly love her if she thinks you’re only hers

And I can’t truly love me if I let you set my worth

So, you say you love me, but, no, you don’t really

all we truly have are the...

We live in a time

where we’ve been taught

that the heart pumps

blood through chambers

a valve is like a door of which

you could step through to

get to the next room.

Up, down, side to side,

that’s how many visualize

the cardiac function.

We live in a time

where we’ve also learned

that the cardiac muscle

coils around itself,

and the blood flows

counterclockwise through

a dynamic vorte...