It has been the perfect evening. The cliche, candle lit dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant. Laughs over sweet wine. Her hand in mine as we walk the riverfront. My blazer over her cold shoulders. A ring in my pocket. All for a woman I do not love.

Don’t get me wrong, I have love for her, but I could never be IN love with her. She is beautiful, intelligent and is the most genuine human ...

From the moment I first laid eyes on you, you took my breath away.

I was just a child but I was in awe.

Even at a young age I recognized how miraculous you were.

Your water is never ending, just like my love for you.

You separate earth from earth, making people feel worlds apart.

Yet when I am next to you I have never felt so close to myself.

You are the only thing that always brings me peace.

U...

You named her Whiskey then left her behind

I question why because she is one of a kind

She was so scared when you left her alone

But she is happy now in her forever home...

Hello, Anne, Anne with an E.

I see you have awoke in the 21st century.

Allow me to welcome you into my home.

I know you are an orphan, but you are no longer alone.

This house was my grandmother’s but now it is mine.

In this living room we would read the tales of Green Gables pretty much all of the time.

Now here you are and it is quite the spectacle.

With your lovely red hair, pale face and freck...

I sit awake for days on end reading my horoscope. I thought astrology was a generalization that could be applied to any individual, but how wrong I was indeed! The predictions arise one by one; each are oddly specific and designed for me. For the first time in my life, I feel prepared for what the world may throw at me. How would I have survived my failed marriage, if the stars had not informed me...

I lie on the ground. I stretch my limbs as far away from my body as I can without detaching them. It is cold and it is raining, but I don’t care. For the first time I do not feel heat radiating from another’s body. My shoulders brush against no one. My hands feel only the puddle of water growing under and around me. There is no sound but the rain and for a moment, even it ceases. For the first tim...

Standing in an open field.

Wearing black for the funeral I didn’t attend.

How can I say goodbye in a room full of strangers?

They’ll think I didn’t love you.

They’ll say I didn’t care.

But they will be wrong.

So I’ll stand in this field and wave goodbye.

Tears running down my face; how I wish you were here to wipe them away.

I look up at the gray sky.

It looks like a blank slate as if even Go...

If I fell into a story, I would write it very well. I would be the main character in a plot so bliss I would be thankful that I fell. My pockets would be lined with gold, there would be nothing I could not buy. Everyone would know me, the world itself would be my prize. I’d be happy everyday because I would have all of the material things. Shiny car, expensive suit and the biggest of diamond rings...

“Count back from ten, slowly.” My therapist tells me as I lie on the hard sofa.

Ten.

I see a lake.

Nine.

I’m standing at the edge of the dock.

Eight.

I’m falling forward.

Seven.

I dive into the black water.

Six.

I can’t breathe.

Five.

The memories begin.

Four.

I remember your face.

Three.

I can smell your home.

Two.

I remember it now.

One.

What you did to me....

Your love is like a high,

but I am down to earth.

They say you are addicting.

I’m so sober it hurts.

Your love for me

is so dramatic,

I guess for love,

I’m too pragmatic.

Your love is never ending,

One day we will marry.

I laugh at the thought,

For this is temporary.

Your love for me

will die like a fire,

for all flames fade,

and this I desire....