With all the demonstrations last month that protested police brutality, the topic has come up quite a bit. I’ve found myself remembering a horrible experience I had when I was about fourteen. It was payday, and our regular payday splurge was a six-pack of Coke and a box of greasy fried chicken and jo-joes. Mom and I were leaving Pache, the Native American HUD housing project where we lived, about to turn onto the road tha...

I opened the door and Tilly came storming in. "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" She yelled. "WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?" I looked at her all confused. I wondered what was going on and what time it was. "I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT MYRA! CAN YOU?" She continued."No I can't because I don't even know what it is that I can or can't believe!" I told her a little annoyed at this point. Tilly looked at me, then she si...

Break this down  Particle by particle Compare the matter To the grand scheme And blow it away To wherever dust twirls In a snowglobe of memories Like how my mouth brushed Your rough cheek, Or the satin of your lips, My fingers running through That crop of soft hair And over your smooth skin Blink. See the moments  Where the sun Caught the stars Burning in your eyes, Licking gold over The flip of your lashes As your crooke...

Everybody has a price. I learned that recently. A price in which anybody will do anything for money. The premise is simple. If I said I would pay you one hundred pounds to walk into a supermarket and steal one item, it being of no concern what it was you stole, would you do it? Of course you would. What if I gave you 200 or 400 pounds? The more money I give you, the more likely you are to do it, to break the law. If I gav...

"Haters gonna hate." "How's that?" "That's a meme or mantra nowadays. I think it came from hip hop." "Okay, so what's up?" "I'm thinking it may be true." "Probably. Sounds like it could be. Why bring it up now?" "Just thinking. It seems apropos of what's going on around here." "Well, you know, that's what haters do, by definition, right?" "Yep. It's related to how well one does something." "Probably so. Jealousy does show...

My mind is a constant battle Of holding strong and wearing thin My thoughts are a constant prattle Of meaningless words and din. My eyes are forever seeking out The lost, the constant, in this place My head forever turned away From any contact with disgrace. My hands are trembling with unease They grip the slipping steering wheel My ears are likely soon to seize The sound of phantoms I can only feel. My stomach is a pit o...

I need to create something, anything Before my thoughts consume me whole. I need to do something, anything Before I am swept away by the storm. Just something, anything before I go insane, Before I lose to the chaos inside my brain.

I have several secrets for growing large pumpkins. The basic essentials are good, like water, cultivated soil, manure or other nutrients in the dirt. Luck has a bit to do with it, no late freezes, no unkind weather. I don't let more than one pumpkin grow on each vine. Most people know this kind of stuff, but my super secret is birth control pills. I plant lots of birth control pills around the root of the pumpkin. Well, I...

The colors of the rainbow Are bright and true They remind me of The emotions I have for you Red orange yellow Green purple blue Smiles laughter tears Just a part of the feelings I know are there For you So every time a cloud comes I make it threw the storm For I remember at the end Is you My own pot of GOLD

Will you gambol along with me?Frolic with glee galore.Playfully romp across the fields of freedom.Frisk about with no thought of embarrassment,No blushes of shame,Cavorting with your lover,Liberated by eager spirits of joy.Will you?I am here and we could be openAnd happy once more,Just take my hand,We can be released from our existentialMadness,Our emotions on exhibition,Open,Just we two,Balancing the acts of random happi...

You are in my heart You're also in my mind You're the air I breathe You're the stars I see at night You are in my soul Deep down in the center Of every thing I am I am yours You are mine We belong together There is no question Almighty has been good to me He led me safely home Into your arms, you see I never will ever roam I have no reason to For I am at peace And truly content Without a trace Of a question Know that we b...

If I asked you to love me Would you give me all your days Or would you slowly slip away Never to see me again If I told you how deep my love was Would you throw it in my face Laugh and mock at me Then give me public disgrace If I asked to share your name Because I never had one of my own Would you give it freely Or make me long to know If I simple disappeared Left without a trace Would you look for me my darling Search ev...

Brother Sebastian did not stay too long at the ranch and departed soon after their arrival so the couple could have some private time together. Carpenter spent the first evening of his return telling Holly everything that he had learned and Holly was not surprised to learn that he was a Prince. "I have always believed that you were something more than just an ordinary man, even after I found out what you were. It's the wa...

“We’re going shopping and by my parents today,” Tara said coming to the table the next morning. I looked up from my food and dropped my fork but grabbed it before anyone could tell how scared I was by the thought of leaving the house. “I don’t feel good,” I lied as I picked at my pancakes with my head down. “Fine, you don’t need to those then,” Miles said taking my plate and headed to the sink. I sat back in my chair with...

I have been indicted by this wise age, By its each rationalist sage Who has written my fate with my own worthless blood, And with my shattered soul as page "Shackle his voice and blindfold his insight, Chain his thoughts and shut them in a cage" You must be thinking what's my fault so prime I'm guilty of shouting the truth My veracity is my greatest crime! I'm guilty of raising my voice Against the cruel trends of time My...