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The sky is a milky blue
A few bold stars linger as the sun creeps into view 
A stellar jay screeches in the distance, quail chatter as they appear from their roosts
The air smells new, clean; and I feel reassured by the salubrious scents, promises of the new day.
Morning passes, the day ages, afternoon breezes usher in hot, sweet air…
The [...]

My Secret Hide-Away

When I was a little girl, I remember I could never wait for summer time.  My birthday was in December, but so was my brother’s; so my parents, being the responsible frugal adults they still are today…and have therefore raised me to be–but that’s another story…meshed my birthday, my brother’s birthday, and on special years, [...]

In Memorium…

The sun seemed to hang in the west forever. Clouds shrouded the mountains and from inside you could hear the wind whistling through the desert as the next storm was moving through.  The telephone rang and pierced through the sound of the shrieking wind.   I sat in my room and thought about my grandpa’s [...]

Thoughts of Discontent

Thoughts of discontent
Swirl in my head
An obnouxious pain
Stabs me in the gut
It aches as I meditate in my prison walls…
I long to free the song bird trapped within my soul;
Buried deep below the surface of flesh and blood; It struggles so, to be free
Alas, I continue to be lost in my thoughts of discontent.

Spooked Horse

Why can’t I focus?
I’m lost, I’m totally, utterly lost.
Why should I give them the honor of immortalizing them?!
I hate them.
Hate, Hate.
Where am I?
I disappear:
Like a spooked horse I run from situations that overwhelm me.

Horse-less Rider [poem]

I hate you.
My thoughts race.
My mind is spinning, my heart is pounding:
Everything is a blur.
I had to run; I had to get away.
Outside, the air is crisp.
My horse paws the hard ground; he snorts and tosses his head anxiously as I throw the saddle on his back.
My heart is in my throat as I finally mount.
We [...]

Horse-less Rider [prose]

I try to collect him, but he isn’t responding to me.  And deep down I wanted to run, I wanted to fly away from all my problems, my sorrows.  The trail we follow almost fluidly starts heading down hill, like a water fall, and with the gravity, Maxx’s stride hastens.  I see a cluster of rocks [...]

Why I Said: “No”

The other night I found myself in a situation most women find themselves in on a regular basis.  Since high school women must deal with the pressures of sex, relationships, and random hookups, and I am no exception.  Now, that I am in college, working, and living on my own, it seems these pressures have reached a steady climax, [...]