I participated in this short story challenge. Here is my "completed" short story. Untitled I walked into the lunchroom and headed straight to the balcony. There was no point in paying attention to the women pretending their tables were full and the men trying to clear a space for me. That had been... Continue Reading →
Knowing your mistakes: The gift and the curse
I woke up from a dream that I was both hoping not to finish and anxious to see what happened at the end. I dream in epic fashion. It is not uncommon for my dreams to go from romantic comedy to gangster movie to Marvel comic action movie to musical to WTF in a matter... Continue Reading →
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Paper instead…
Sitting here thinking about what coulda shoulda woulda been and what can’t shan’t and won’t be because what may have been promises are now promises that maybe shouldn’t have been promised words that shouldn’t have been spoken lacking volume and substance behind them they have no weight blowing away in the strong winds of life... Continue Reading →
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Sometimes
He said he felt like I didn’t love him, Like he was just my friend A friend with the alarm code to my heart & the key to my soul… If only he’d turn it Saw our future through a telescope Growing together, Taking each day as it came Me, ready to abandon the script that had become... Continue Reading →
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Words
slicing into me smooth & clean like paper or a ninja’s blade takes a moment to sting rarely bleeds the pain has an echo through the canyons of my soul aftershocks through my mind days, weeks, months later like they just cut through my ear canal your words… Turtleberry 2011
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Love & Music
would I love music more than my boyfriend? yes yes, I would should he ever make me choose between him and the masterpiece that is the X&Y cd I would chuck the deuces plug my head phones into my iPod and walk away while Coldplay attempts to fix me if my love ever decided to... Continue Reading →
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Keep your hands to yourself!
I spent a lot of time working with kids in various aspects of my life. That means I have spent a lot of time telling kids to keep their hands to themselves. I recall once having a conversation with a little girl that troubled me. She was running around hitting on a little boy who... Continue Reading →
GOD bless the exes!
Okay so I know this may sound weird but I am really thankful for my past loves.No seriously. (Stop laughing and/or giving me the side eye.)I was tweeting yesterday about understanding your personal love language. Your love language (by my definition) is the way you show love. It can also be the way you best... Continue Reading →
See this is why…
See this is why fucks cannot be given You give one and they want them all They want them how they want them When they want them Heaven forbid the turtle move too slowly for them All fucks should be given immediately This is why fucks cannot be given Because then when you try to... Continue Reading →
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How To Love Me
Love me like comfort food Gravy on your mashed potatoes Shrimp with your grits Chicken in your soup Leftover spaghetti and warm garlic bread Love me like a crack addiction 24 hours without me leaves you feenin for your next hit Like potato chips after smoking a blunt or two Like when someone lightly... Continue Reading →
Inside the Shell 