Your body language is too quiet for me to hearover the orange flickering of the fire. My marshmallow melts while my desperate gaze dips and soars,circling your blank expression,searching, hungry for clues to wants and desires,evidence to defend the tug in my chest. I want so badly for you to want me. My focus drains … Continue reading Talk to me

There is a silence now. The last note of a song fades away. Grasping towards passion, Finding a phantom of memory.

Light in Four Parts Part 1Firelight Once upon all times, on cold winter evenings, in the heart of an ancient city, there stands an old tavern, built only yesterday. Inside, warmth flows from a large fireplace, the firelight bounces off polished wood and brass and sparkles along the rows of gleaming wine glasses suspended above … Continue reading Light in Four Parts

Some of the spilled wine flows under my glass and forms a circle.  I probably shouldn't have poured this last glass.  I've had enough already.  But the men have left an uncomfortable silence in their wake, and I've given up trying to fill it with words so I'll try wine instead. It's the way you … Continue reading I know you don’t like me.