What Crosses My Mind

  • Transparent Demons (prose)

    Used to be I was afraid to write anything at all for fear of revealing my internal demons. Then I might pick up an author, like Stephen King, and read his words voraciously being quite fascinated with his ability to step outside of himself and write such frightening prose. Then I would ask myself, is…

  • Moments When Alone

    Those are the times It wreaks havoc Slow incessant, insidious The mind circles around for miles Trying to piece together Past lives and exploits A reason to understand ~ There is a rational thought As opposed to the Irrational intentions That’s when everything appears To be normal, on hand, Ready to live by expression Nurturing…

  • Social Media Construct

    Used to carry a pencil Then a pen A pager; then a brick that dialed numbers. A typewriter That suddenly had a scrolling banner ~ One day while sitting in a café With a notepad and my pencil I kept looking your way Wondering if you might … ~ Today, there is little romance in…

  • The Monster Inside My Head

    There is no music to use as a lead in To introduce the monster ~ That existence just relies upon a moment A beautiful sunshiny day where the world ~ Responds with love and activity and sweet Sounds and spirits of summer solace ~ Yet, inside lays a force of reckoning So layered with practiced…

  • Wound Tight

    If a walk would allow the mind to breathe Freely without any apparent tension Then we might find ourselves in constant Stroll believing with every step that our Mounting despair will be easily reconciled While a visual painting evolves before our eyes ~ When physically we stretch our bodies to lengths Whilst follow natural release…

  • Drive Me Home

    In a matter of words I am driven To correct Analyze Delineate to a degree Your words My goal Today Might be to suggest Your words are correct Wrongly stated Misplaced and drawn out Over-zealous is over-used. – An English morning Spent searching semantics To correct your speech Writing The prescriptive sentence An etiquette we…

  • The Liebster Blog Award

    My first award as a blog-writer. I’m truly honored. 🙂 Thank you WritingWildly There are Three Rules of 11′s’ to observe for this award and they are: 1. Answer the 11 questions posed by the nominator and ask 11 new questions for the bloggers you nominate. 2. Share 11 random items about yourself. 3. Nominate…

  • The Letter

    I have this       idea   when words are committed we end up obliged            so I might send one to you      expressions in prose like a stream feeling a driving urge to channel its path                by pulling and slapping…