I'm touching you but you're out of reach.

Just beyond the tips of my heart.

You catch my gaze and I have to look away.

Something happens.

We get too close,

Magnets who can't ignore their draw.

Sure, if.

No lies, always.

Not practical,… Read full post »

In an attempt to follow the rules I won't post this as an Open Call because the subject matter is my own. (Don't want to offend the powers that be!) So here it is...Who's still doin it?

Married couples, committed couples, straight couples, gay couples, married gay couples, hell even non-committe… Read full post »

I really treasure little things like this. Found it at a hole-in-the-wall gem and stone shop in a tiny town out towards the Mississippi. The photo quality isn't the best but the wood is a perfectly dark polished brown with grain swirls and character. The mixture of colors in… Read full post »

We've been talking about this for weeks now. Dancing around it for years. My body is on a roller coaster and my mind is in knots. I want you. But you aren't mine, and I'm not yours.

No one knows I'm here. I should go. It's getting late and it's getting… Read full post »

In a former life I was a dancer. Correction...I am a dancer it's just been a minute. A long, painful, minute. There's always been something about it I can't explain. Perhaps this is similar to how others feel about different art mediums. Can a painter ever truly explain what it feels… Read full post »

I remember what it felt like the day I went to meet them. It was early May in the Mid-west and I was uncharacteristically calm. I remember what I wore and which necklace I had on. I just sat in my car admiring the beautiful home that I was about to… Read full post »

Some of the recent (and older) posts about parents with children struggling with addictions, drugs, personal turmoil, etc has given me the strength to tell the stories on the other side of the coin. I can't imagine what its like to have a child struggling in the ways their children are. My… Read full post »

As I sit outside I listen. I hear the quiet of the night. I hear the cricket and the wind. The rain has come and gone but I hear the water. I listen as it slips off of the roof and hits the ground. It slips and I hear it fall.… Read full post »

The smoke swirls around my face and I close my eyes. Breathe in this moment. Feel this ache tear at my very being.

So this is what it feels like.

I miss so many things and I miss none of it at all. I want to hold her and… Read full post »

The many layers of my being struggle to capture all of these moments. My fingers ache trying to articulate these words. There is so much going on that I'm having a hard time separating them to form even one complete thought.

What I do know is that I was mostly… Read full post »

How do people do this? How do you sort it all out? How do you let it go? How do you watch someone's heart break? How?

I met her when I was 18, it's been 7 years. We didn't want to date. We didn't want to just try. We wanted the… Read full post »

First a brief history.

My Dad has been an alcoholic for the better part of over 20 years. He and his Mom (my Grandma) have always had a rocky relationship. For a while in his younger years they didn't even speak. She is now an 80 year-old widow and in charge… Read full post »