The sun sets slow; eerie shadows send shivers down her spine as they silently slip over the darkening scenery.  She had barely begun this brave trek to glory’s gate and now, night nestles in, daunting and dark.  Cold and confused, she stumbles through the night.  She is afraid to think what the morning will bring—afraid […]

I am a warrior A warrior who fights not as a victim fighting to escape my chains;I am a warrior who fights as a victor with a reason for my peaceI am a warriorA warrior who fights not to secure the love I so desperately need;I am a warrior who fights in the security of […]

The day I opened my eyes, I thought perhaps I’d see with incorruptible sight. But I opened my eyes, black retina widening, adjusting to the darkness of this world. Black world spins into focus (or is it out of focus?). Tentative eyes take in these scenes; I’m a trembling soul seeing through darkened soul-sight. It’s the […]

Icy winds whistle through the streets, his weary figure fades behind the door’s forbidden frame. Week after week, promise after promise, and still, he’s a slave to something that once satisfied. Darkness dawns, he staggers from the depths of this deceptive snare. In his drunken stupor, he stumbles to the ground. Blackness blinds his vision, […]

It’s minute moments of monotony that leave my mind journeying on the edge of future realities. But before this vision of foresight can bloom, I’m found glancing behind me.  In the past I’m peering, lost in the loathsome reality of a year gone by. My heart trembles; trembles in the terror of this tainted tornado of […]