The claim to fame for Texas may not be haunted history. The roads stretch on for miles, inspiring minds to conjure up ghostly sights on any given night. Pilar Lopez was on such a road traveling to her new home, but her mind was not visited by grisly images, at least none imaginary.  Sighing, Pilar tapped the steering wheel and willed her mind to focus on the road ahead. Both literally and for her own unsure future. The ic...

Ant arrived at the racetrack to watch the big race, the main event was the Grand Steeplechase. Insects were saddling their favourite steeds, they’d been training them hard, jumping ditches and reeds. The steeds were paraded before the crowd, all were cheering very loud. A swarm of wasps took to the sky, then buzzed off to bet on their chosen horsefly. The beetles arrived after playing Bingo, they put all their money on a...

My head full of noises and nowhere to go, My heart full of feelings and no way to show; So I sit here alone in the dead of night, I close my eyes and begin to write.  Protected by my anonymousness, To all my sins I do confess; What need do I have to keep them hidden, In a cyber world where little is forbidden.  A simple man with keyboard in hand, My fingers type what my head and heart demand; Sometimes with song in glorio...

"Where have you been walking, my love?""I walked through the misty marsh waters.""You should be more careful, my love.""I was safe enough, the misty marsh waters won't harm me.""How do you know so, my love?""Because they told me.""Oh, my love. You're such a sweet dreamer."But it's true, I know I'm safe in the marshes with only thoughts of my lover for company. Today I heard the reeds whispering when I walked by, I saw the...

Club Simone’s The quiet streets echoed Delores’ high-pitched voice as her stout hand gripped the cell phone and opened it. “Hello… What… What time is it Tyrell? Why you calling me, boo?” She wrinkled her chocolate colored forehead as her large brown eyes searched the night streets. This late at night, nothing moved around except a bum traveling around. He looked at her and decided to keep moving when the driver exited the...

‘Is this seat taken?’ asked a quietly spoken man whom Veronica had never seen before. She shook her head, ‘no, go ahead’. The elderly man took his seat and placed a shopping bag between his feet. His hands unfolded a newspaper in front of him as the train began to pull out of the station. He then began to ingest the day’s news. Veronica looked at the Paper’s headline from the corner of her eye. It read ‘Missing Girl found...

Robin Good and his Merry Hen “Well I’ll be jiggered, I’ll be blown, upon my Charger all alone!” Robin Good of Beerwood Forest, had that day been to the florist. Maid Carrion his bow, his love, had slipped away with a ‘Turtle Dove’ Friar Duck, a bird of the cloth had pre-warned Robin of her wroth. “She’s not too happy Robin Good In fact she feels misunderstood; Whilst Long-Bill Scarlet played his lute, Little Ron ‘put in t...

Jibrail had been to Anga Pradesh – Monghyr earlier. In fact all the princes from far and wide had to devote some years here. Anga was known as the best ‘prasikshan kendra’ for multifarious pursuits. It had the best gurus for battleground trainings in arms and acclaimed spiritual healers and gurus for yoga and overall mental and spiritual development. It was here at the ‘prasikshan kendra’ that Jibrail had learnt that the...

“What’s happening in San Andres today?" Claire asked. "It's the patron saints day of the pueblo, Sand Andres de la Cal."  "Take us with you this time," Claire pleaded. “I want to show the girls the washing troughs and shower room you had built.” “It's not like a village fete in Dorset, Claire, these people are very rough. They’ll be showing their skills breaking in horses, and how brave they are riding a bulls. It's very...

At family gatherings throughout the year,There are those who add to the holiday cheer,Those who brighten up your day,Every time they come your way.Most are a pleasure to be around,As fine as any friends I’ve found,But, there are a few I’d like to lose,If I could only pick and choose.Some that are a pain in my rear end,I’d like to delete like a Facebook friend,Others who insist they are family,But sure don’t look a thing l...

CHAMELEON Oh Chameleon, basking on the rock, your skin the same hue as the surface you sit on in the sun that dapples light on you in your blissful heat bath. I too can change my colours blending into the background, when in an alien environment I do not have the attitude of most of my friends. “It’s not like this where I come from” I can't change accordingly I blend and change myself and become like those around me. I we...

TAKE FIVE The music carried me along the studio as I danced a series of steps that pushed me forward like a child who has just started to trip but is still managing to balance as a feat of perpetual forward fall movement, and as I let the music enter my body as atoms of all the different notes that made up the music I knew that this is what I was, a spirit of dance made to express my feelings without words but in the tilt...

Saturday’s bus and train ride was quite a challenge. We left home about 12:00 p.m. and went to our usual weekend stop at McDonald’s for your fries. Then we took the Kennedy bus to the Kennedy Station where the subway trains was not working until Victoria Park Subway. Oh! Oh! I thought, sure enough Elijah was crying when the train was not coming and I had to take him on the emergency shuttle bus to Victoria Park. He wanted...

What lies tomorrow we do not know. On the narrow and straight road I desire to go. Destiny eludes our grasp and you wish that life was drawn out like a map. Nuclear tension no longer needs a prescription. Mother Nature chants a death song but few are listening.Financial solutions, says the expert can solve our troubled evolution.Many will be hiding behind religion.Money, some believe is the key that will unlock the vault...

09/09/2011That argument was big. Biggest argument they had ever had. It changed everything about them. Changed everything between them. She was sick of him trying to control her, like he knew what was best for her. His last 'command' pushed her over the edge and she erupted.She said those dreaded things, the almighty words that pushed him over the final edge. His arm swung round and his open palm connected with her left c...