It had been 10 days, 8 of those on a boat. I missed them terribly. I could feel the ache for them inside my chest. Every still moment filled with a shaking foot, a bopping knee or a compulsive time-check. When are they letting us off this boat?
We filed out into one of the 4 main lobbies of the cruise ship gathered with hundreds of other people and their luggage. We’d all been on this ship for o...
Outside my window
Is a colored streak of cars
Speeding through the night.
That is my office.
My window from home is much
More in touch with earth.
Mother Earth that is.
She reflects her greatest works
Through my clear glass pane.
Outside my window
Is a colored streak of birds
Humming through the trees....
Gloved hands wrap tightly around the bars.
A quick squeeze to pump the brakes.
Legs strong, old wounds turned to scars.
The crisp air quiet like winter lakes.
Ahead the trail moves in curves like gentle waves,
An “S” that has no ending and begins again.
A stone here, bridge there, nothing paved.
Tires tread terrain kicking dirt through bends.
Heart pumping, legs burning, climbing to the top....
Rynal, struggling to wake, blinked his eyes open catching glimpses of sun beams flooding in through his bedroom window. This was his tenth year, over 3000 days, calling planet Maltick his home and yet the cold air still stung like it was day one. ‘Some things never change’ he thought to himself as he threw the covers back. “Time?” Rynal asks. The clock to his right, resting on his bedside hover sh...
One day I will turn to kiss your head
But you will be gone.
One day I will reach to stroke your back
But you will be gone.
One day can come and go so quickly
And one day you will be gone.
One morning I will walk along the sidewalk
And I will walk alone.
One morning I will awake in my bed
And I will awake alone.
One day can come and go so quickly
And one day you will be gone.
One night I w...
