Where as once a childnow sits the old man, lifting his headfrom a Sunday morning doze,heavy-lidded eyes cracking opento a kaleidoscope of bleeding colorsslowly swimming into focus. Now as then, the old familiar longingto launch himself up and out of his seatto join the rising dust moatsas they sail high above the choirinto the streamingContinue reading “Stained Glass”
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Intuition
It may be nothing.It may be somethingmore than just an irritating itchcrawling around your brain.Something unsettling.Something chilling.Something off from the start.You can’t put your finger on it.Can’t quite nail it down.Can’t assign it a name.But you know what you know, and so,silently slip away.
Allure
I’ve always wanted to live by the ocean.I can’t quite explain it –I’m terrified of deep water. Still, I promised myself oncethat someday I would,even if only half believing. Midlife and landlocked, I’m no closer,though I’m certainly closer to death,whatever that is. Day after day I want to wake up,gaze down at a sleepy harbor,andContinue reading “Allure”
Mathematics
The word alonemakes me squirm.My eyes begin to cross.My skull throbsin time with my heart –two heavy bass drums.Flashcard memoriestorture my brain –precarious classroom moments frozenin front of a blackboard,sweaty fingers fisting the chalk, scratching, erasing, scratching, erasing.Equations I cannot solve.Numbers. Graphs.Symbols. Decimal points…Mathematics.My kryptonite. My nemesis.Cold. Glaring. Calculating,so very, very calculating,yet never adding uptoContinue reading “Mathematics”
Haunted Avenues 