Xanadu
 

You scarred me. Left me with a wound so deep like a child in a coffin. Closed, but always open.

She nurtured me with her body, a way no one else was designed for. She carried me, caressed me when I did not ask her to. When I was...

I am the warning sky before a thunderstorm the lavender used to calm your senses. I am the velvet robe of a wise king, his amethyst crown...

The words you speak enter my ears like liquid cement enters the throat through a straw--- They seal and prevent.

Debbie’s gum swelled like an anemone, pink and spongey to the touch. Countless nights of feasting on leftover waffles, home fries, and...

You disturb the peace and tranquility, reducing any semblance of calming silence, to a concert of growls, barks, and hisses. You turn a...

I am too alone. Like a single celled organism A protista In a cellular jungle of complex species. One electron in a cloud of protons,...

You come hurtling through the air as you embed yourself in my flesh, tearing through my skin and muscles and veins maybe even hitting...

I am the sweet smelling lilac bush blooming in late spring. I am the jagged streak of light bursting from a thunderstorm. I am the simple...

I was walking with Jasmeen in the grassy fields beyond the lake. We had brought a plastic container to collect wild blackberries in. We...