Thanks be
We built our traditions just the four of us, before Daddy had to work on holidays. We’d start mixing up pumpkin pies to ease the oven into its job. Everyone... Read more.
Monkey See
I’m so brave I didn’t even know I had to be anything else. But I was something else. I was so many other things. Underneath it all I was still me. I was... Read more.
Sparks- 250 words
Pain drips a cross my clavicle, behind my left ankle, up and down my arms and the side of my belly when you make me laugh, calf muscles and thigh muscles, they wanna... Read more.
Beautiful- 249 Words
More content, less detail. Get your commas in order: Add one here never use one there. The name should be meaningful, but not obvious. Add background story... Read more.
November
It’s hard to go into my dark days without you. You’ve been the focus of my grief for so long, I thought it was you but it’s always been me. I need these... Read more.
At the Very Least- 250 words
I burned my finger making dinner. I couldn’t be bothered with the mitts that cover and protect so completely. I grabbed a dish rag and pulled the piping tray... Read more.
Va Va Vam-250 words
It’s the orange glow that lights me up the most. People talk about the passion that comes with red and sure it’s hot, but it’s dangerous too. It’s the place... Read more.
TL;DR- a work I’ll have to come back to.
We agreed to do this life together in a time before time. You pushed me through to test the waters. Two weeks you waited to join me here. Maybe you were afraid... Read more.
Half was never a part of the equation-250 words
When you were born, she stole the name I was going to use if I ever had a daughter. It didn’t calm me down when they said it was her grandmother’s name, as if... Read more.
Strand Together-250 words
The needle pulls thread through our finger tips tying us together across decades and oceans, wars and board games. It doesn’t matter that some fingers have had... Read more.