Tennessee Run

I thought you were beyond it until I realized I was suffering foolishness.

Kenna, Tx

The house in that place we hoped to never find.

Forrest People

Sawdust clung to the laces on her shoes when I came upon her standing in a field of stumps. I adjusted my pack. She stared absently into the horizon. I pulled on a long piece of grass waiting for it to break. She started to speak.

Joseph.
Henry.
Fredrick.

She paused when her eyes fell on a stump only a few inches wide. I felt her tears build when she whispered a name so softly I couldn't hear.

How had she gotten here? Not a single person was seen since crossing the great divide. Then I heard her voice spill into me through the tree line asking me who did this. I pulled harder at the grass until it broke.

Jug Face

The good people have found themselves amongst each other yet again. And you that are not here...our hearts feel yours.

Cold enough to freeze not only yours but mine

You came to see honesty and found it was not there. You left with a heart too fragile.

The white carnation she wore at the funeral was not really for her father. It was for herself.

Your lack of kindness makes you a shadow in conversation.

If they'd all just leave I'd really find myself.

My echo came back wearing a new dress.

The hummingbird asked the firefly, "Why can't we cry?"