Here I am again. I should be on my honeymoon. Lying on a beach somewhere, enjoying the tropical sunshine. Instead the boys at the precinct tell me the psycho that killed my sister, Ronnie Razor we call him, is at it again.

Ronnie had been a thorn in my side for twenty long years. When I was ten years old, I came home from a sleepover at a friend’s house to find police in my living room. Someo...

Dark stains coat my spirit

Inky, tarry, black

Past mistakes, chances not taken

Open regrets I hold on to

I look for the waters of hope

To clean away the black

And leave a bright promise

Of future things to come...

All she ever wanted was that side-splitting, life-changing, end-of-the-world type of love. Yet, as she sat alone on her bathroom floor, she realised her world was ending, just not in the way she’d hoped.

She looked again at the paper in her hand. She still couldn’t quite grasp the words. Brain tumor. Stage 4. This definitely was not where she saw her life going at just 24.

Her friends had been ...

Darkness

A weight holds me down

Where is the sun I knew

The weight wraps my heart

….wait….wait…

A light

A crack in the darkness

Sunshine hits my face

The heaviness is gone

I see now…i see now…

The dark weight was my own mind

It veiled my thoughts

It blinded me with doubt

I have found clarity

Doubt will not rule me

I will find the person locked away

I am free now…I am free now....

In the beginning we were like twins

Same heart, same mind, same home

When I was with you I didn’t feel alone

As we grew older; the chasm got bigger

I don’t blame you for moving on

I don’t blame you for needing space

Now that you’re gone; I see the truth

All I was to you was Little Sister

All you would ever be

Is my brother...