Prose
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Remember
How much random sex we used to have Back when we hated our bodies And drank until dawn. Wild nights, clothes off, 10 km walks home Because we weren’t Super sure Where we were. Where we were going, Where we wanted to be. Jumping off a bridge was still a consideration back then. We had… Continue reading
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Hold
The moment that kept coming to mind, the moment she analyzed over and over, was the first time she felt her heart break. She couldn’t help but think that moment was holding her back somehow. They were standing in the kitchen. He was hurting and he needed her to hold it. That was always easier… Continue reading
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The Bevolution is now
While looking in the mirror just now, tying my very thin, hat-head hair into a plastic ring on the top of my head, I stopped and took note of my reflection. Cheeks flushed from shoveling, a spatter of freckles across my nose, my eyes sparkling as I chuckled at the silliness of my fancy ‘do.… Continue reading
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A life lived twice
She left home with a big heart, fully believing in the fairy tale life she’d always dreamed of. She met someone who said he loved her, and she lived with him for five long years. She vascilated between staying and going, until a chance meeting with a stranger made her understand that staying meant losing… Continue reading
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I’m so new
I just put a chicken in the oven for the second time ever. The first time ever was a couple of weeks ago. When I put a whole chicken into a pot upside down, that’s how it came in the package and I knew no different. I didn’t even think about where the breasts were.… Continue reading