Seven years. That’s how long we shared a life together. Seven years of sharing meals. Seven years of telling each other our deepest secrets and desires. And seven years of sharing a bed, sleeping as close as we could to one another as we drifted off to sleep in each other’s safety. But that was gone now.
The meals together had become more infrequent. We no longer shared each other’s hopes and dre...
The pavement shifts and crumbles beneath my feet
While the “progress” of a modern world
Buzzes like a mosquito
Annoying and bold.
Cars spew smoke
While ceaseless noise deafens ears
Not meant for this constant assault
But meant for nature’s calming cheers.
Lights flash, people scream
Buildings rise all around
Eyes behind glass leering down
At the always rushing crowd.
I feel lost, stuck in a daz...
A scent before the rain
Bringing back memories of days without pain.
When we would run outside and play
Until the rumble of thunder sent us scurrying away.
The smell of leaves fallen to the ground
As the transition to slumber can be seen all around.
Signaling a time for quiet and rest
A time to stay inside our cozy nests.
The cold, sharp scent of freshly fallen snow
As we sit by the fire enjoyin...
Scrape. Crunch. Slam. Scrape. Crunch. Slam.
The noise was ceaseless, shaking Minerva from what had been a wonderful dream. A REALLY wonderful dream. She had been walking through a field of flowers, hues of yellow, purple, blue, and red as vivid as the paints she used to have in her artist’s box as a kid. The sun was beating down, caressing her skin with the lovely warmth that only comes from an e...