YOUR DARKNESS

Another new duet partner!  Check out his site!   Written by Jack Pettinato and HastyWords   The confession resonates through My shattered trust and fills me with defeat Held prisoner I surrender to the Breathtaking uncertainty of deceit   An avalanche of bruises buried me Under angry broken heartache Slaughtering any faith left with breath…

BE STILL MY LOVE – by D.L. McHale

D.L.McHale just had a book published for Kindle and can be found here on Amazon.  Check out his website to see even more! Be still my love. Shhhh… There now, can you hear it? Quietly, within the shadows of our mingled selves, softly rising upon the rhythms of our breath. Rest now, sweet angel of…

STAYING AFLOAT – by The Reclining Gentleman

I am reblogging this from one of my best WordPress friends:  It is beautiful!  Visit his site at: The Reclining Gentleman The ocean stretches beyond our vision We can no longer see where we started Its furthest reaches are invisible beyond the horizon We cannot fathom what may be ahead Unexpected Unseen We are vulnerable…

QUOTED INSPIRATION

Daily Prompt: Quote Me Do you have a favorite quote that you return to again and again? What is it, and why does it move you? I don’t often quote but when I do it is to make a point, or a quote says something way better than I ever could.  I love quoting C.S. Lewis, …

DIE KISSING

Writing Challenge: New Year’s Resolutions (Doompocalypse Redux) I have already packed 2012 into a trunk and stuck it somewhere in the furthest reaches of my mind. Maybe it was the loss of a dear friend, Rob, who I will forever miss. Maybe it was the other losses we endured; my beautiful friend lost her son, my…

THE ABBY NORMAL HEART

Have you ever seen Young Frankenstein?  If not you should, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman are genius.  Anyway, I am frustrated…and for some reason I thought of this scene.  I am frustrated because I feel like Frankenstein sometimes.  I guess maybe we all do.  Like we were built wrong…well duh…none of us are perfect right? …

VIOLENCE ON CANVAS

Written by BrandonBored and HastyWords Is it fate Or beginner’s luck The respawning life Of the face you struck   The devil looks up Surprised by you He has taken notice Of the things you do   Dragon’s breath With words that burn She’s suffered enough I welcome your turn   With total disrespect Your…

LIVING WITH FOOD

Daily Prompt: Live to Eat Some people eat to live, while others live to eat. What about you? How far would you travel for the best meal of your life? I certainly eat more than I need to live but I also don’t live to eat either! Food for me is like music…it makes life…

YOU CAN’T PLAY

A couple of months ago my daughter came home and quite simply said…I hate being left out.  Some kids on the playground formed a group to perform in the talent show and kicked her out saying they don’t need a 4th.  Yea…rejection sucks.  Being forgotten and ignored sucks.  Yet it is a part of life…

ONLY IF

Daily Prompt: Forever Young If there were a real Fountain of Youth, would you drink the water? As long as I could share with my family and the friends I have spent my life getting to know! I would only drink From the Fountain of Youth If I could share the cup with YOU