Xanadu
 

A shoebox of a dark, blue bedroom. The outside world becomes nothing more than a black skybox. Leaning over in my hovel, I meticulously...

A hungry feisty fish looking at its dinner unaware of what is lurking beneath. A huge gulp pulls the fish swiftly through the calm...

The scent of a candle, burning ever so slowly. Smoke from a fire lit to keep two people warm. The upstate sunset shining and shimmering...

A Poem about a virtual reality video game containing a world where you get to play god. Loading… Loading… Until I abruptly blink into my...

No words spoken yet so much said, solitary suddenly comes to an end. When I hear this sound my worries cease and with his presence I find...

To all my childhood firsts —I’m sorry. To the tears, laughs, and words, I can’t remember any of you. To my first build, dash, and leap my...

Ivory’s thunking against each other. The distant dissonance of wrong notes played. The hefty breaths by the struggling musician. My ears...

(Inspired by Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus”) As time goes on, flowers blossom and fall off our sakura pink trees The...

I walk up the red rustic brick path Leading me to the old white Dutch Colonial. The heavy red door waiting To be opened, I step in,...

I’m learning to let go. As I sit here finishing my psychology homework, the words spoken yet unspoken flood my mind. Those I should've,...