Dear Samantha, Many years have passed since we last met. And yet, when I think of you as I do now, I am transported back to the summer we shared. The time we rested shoulder to shoulder on a field of sunflowers, gazing up at the clouds as they swam past us overhead. And I … Continue reading I Saw a Cloud That Reminded Me of You
Lightning strikes the riverside,tap tap crashmy heart is brokenyou’re oddly well-spoken. Strike number two,how do you do?you creature of the nighthiding in the light. Thrice is a charm,it won’t do any harm?tap tap…crash.
Creak says the door to our bedroom, despite my efforts to open it silently. And following that grinding sound comes a loud yawn from the bed. “Where are you going?” asks the love of my life, in a worried, almost desperate tone. At hearing the sadness in her voice, I wince. Oh, how I want … Continue reading For Love’s Sake
I gaze up at the moonless vault of heaven, tears falling gently down my red cheeks. But, oh, how incomplete it appears, and so very dark. Where are you, my precious one? How come you treat me like a pest to be avoided — don’t you see? I wish not to pester you, but merely to bathe … Continue reading Where Art Thou My Moon?
Two silhouettes seem but one underneath the setting sun, their hands intertwined as they gaze deep into the eyes of the other. Shhh says the wind, causing strands of the girl’s soft hair to fall over her face. He leans to tuck the golden strands of hair back behind her ears, smiling at her with … Continue reading Singularity
Benjamin Bratz 