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Isn’t It Worth A Try?
She was worried that the world was going to shit,but to me, the world was a limitless playground,so I beckoned her, with pink, poorly manicured fingernails and told her that I could take her anywhere she wanted to go. She had the whole world on her tense, tired shoulders,and I planned world peace between the…
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Time and Time Again
As I slept, the clocks crept backwards, breaking the rules and breaking time and space, and even though I had asked for a break from their torment, they basked in toying with me, for a few hours, because I was always their favourite girl, but they were always more in love with the thrill of…
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Northlay Falls – Chapter Two
My mother didn’t say a word all day after that ominous mumble. “He dined early this month.” I followed her into the kitchen and watched her as she began washing the breakfast dishes, pouring the porridge she had made for Ray and I in the bin, just carrying on as if her son was just…
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Revealed
I was her secret desire, so secret, in fact, that she didn’t breathe a word to me, simply appearing, breathless at my front door, spilling words that were once whispers, capturing me in a kiss, as the sun finally rose on our romance.
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Do You Believe?
My eyes could not conceive her,held at the barrier of my own lack of belief,all over the place, unable to be assured,in a cycle of cynicism,resulting from my ride in life.I just couldn’t believe it. But, she was determined,like a dog with a bone, or a genius with an idea,all over the place, pulling me…