Have you ever been to a place that just puts you in awe?

Big sister. Bodyguards have nothing on me. No aviators necessary. I’m talking Solo Swat Team. Little bully in the park? You could see his feathers stand straight up when I offered to bury his skinny little ostrich neck in the park sand. Cousin pressures gullible sister to jump off a bridge? No problem. Dogs have puppies. Cats have kittens.

Eric Davis hunched over the counter of the hardware store and examined the mouse trap under the greenish fluorescent lighting, running his fingers over the delicately crossing wires that formed the mesh walls.

To you I hear the oak tree call In seasons plagued with death. In winter and in colored fall The leaves long for your breath.

Nicoletta stretched her hand out in front of her to allow Mary to slip a ring onto her finger then tilted her hand from side to side, admiring the way the diamond sparkled. “Nervous, Milady?” Mary asked.

Blacker than the River Styx Dark, in daylight flies; Moonless night, flitting, winks,Glossy to the eyes But -

I watch them run away from me— “They’ll not come back.” –I know. Can someone help me find the piece That leads me to myself?

After he died everything changed. Us twelve children left fatherless, our bank accounts a total mess, and mother’s cheeks, all tear-streak stained.

I know you hate your smile And try to hide your laugh, But darling, Joy looks good on you.

If only I could turn back time To live forever in the hours when I felt my heart was most alive Lovely eleven to two a.m.