Essence Tell without saying Sing without music Paint the word canvas Give the world a glimpse One bitter sweet taste The touch of a cheek...

~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ In rare moments, the galaxies align; your everything changes because you decide it must. My mentor, my sponsor,...

In anguish I screamed at the rocks over my hideout, demanding “GOD, IF YOU EXIST, SHOW ME!” My brain, in loops, tangents, and tangled...

Remember how I mentioned my cousin Tina, the coolest one of them all? Well, there is this other cousin….who self-proclaims to be ‘The...

A Unit Interrupted The fourteen-year-old convinces the psychiatric nurses to play a movie rated a mere R – a perfect choice for the...

Based on various television series I tune into, characters having flashbacks act out their trauma. A soldier may revert to evasive...

I sat looking at my sugar on the table - the plastic, store-bought, tip-and-sip type.  Nanny’s sugar: fancy; double handled, silver,...

Tina and I leave our super-secret symbol all over the farm; on the barn, in forts, on trees, on the old shell-of-a-car parked in the...

I suppose I wish to rewrite situations, trauma, childhood, nights, moments… life. I used to dream of living my cousin’s life or a popular...

Sunday my father calls. Three days after the confrontation, Dad converses as if the life altering moment abracadabra-s and disappears....

Repulsed at the suggestion of riding in the town car, I ask my high school English teacher to drive me to his funeral.  Mrs. Tanick picks...

60 days to disappear in China On a city street corner in the dust bowl of Asia the locals gather to practice American English. As a teen...

Warr;ior Mirror Find me - don't find me. A brave front of actress hair and makeup. Alone. Try to figure me out and . . . I have already...

...Humanity in China... I flip through the memories in my head reminiscing about the first summer I spent in China. The wonders I...

If I jump; if I fall; if I’m pushed; if I stumble; if I slip, who?  Will I carry a parachute; will a trampoline suddenly appear or a net;...

The spittoons at my feet in the truck, or tractor, or dairy gave the sweetest smell, almost enough to disguise the stale grease, old dog,...

Dear Ninja Mom, Defeated Dad, Trophy Wife, Lonely Surv;vor, Still Here, Diffused, Guilt Holder, One in a dark place, That girl whose...