I Wait by the Fire (Passions II)
Here in the dark, I do wait.
Here in the dark, I do wait.
I wonder if I will remember those days with quiet filled evenings, And the warm rush of air on my face. The flicker of orange before the drowning blue and the distant shimmer of stars. How I admired the beauty of a city, Hushed by the coming night. I wonder if I will be […]
When past decisions haunt you, you begin to wonder if you’re the one in Hell.
“They’re coming!” Jona screamed. “The end is near!” Jona ranted on the streets of Seal Beach. He used to be healthy but now he was too thin and he hadn’t shaved in a month. He kept the same clothes on and didn’t bother bathing. He was vigilant in getting his message out. He wrote a […]
The beauty of midnight, Is that it glows. Under the pale envy of the moon. Its infinite dark wonders, Hide in the shadows. It has known a winter’s breeze, And I have felt its cold kiss down to my bones. It has been many summer nights, A warm touch to caress bare flesh. I’ve seen […]
It is night. You are not alone. There is someone at your door.
Watching me with big, green eyes. She is backlit by the kitchen light and I lay in the dark of my room. Usually she purrs but this time she isn’t. Her gaze is intense. Focused. She growls and her hair stands on end. I feel movement in my bed, a shifting behind me. My cat […]
Demora was keeper of the scorned and avenger to the wronged. In this way she was death and came to be known as goddess of destruction. She took many forms. One being her livery, the burning crow, whose fire was smoke and darkness. She was the matron of war. In her grace, shadows spread forth […]
Wondering why i’m up so late?
Clear nights bring me out to Signal Peak to gaze at the twinkling sky above. As always, I find the lone star, winking. It’s Morse code. .- .-. . -.– — ..- .-. . .- -.. -.– – — -.-. — — . …. — — . ··–··