Author’s Note: Every now and then my thoughts and the thoughts of others take me places those who know me in real life wouldn’t expect. This is one of those pieces at the edge of it all. :)
Everything’s gone.All lost in the timeWe’d sit for tea.
Flames ravaging memories… Waltzing grandparents shrouded in cinder and charred plaster. Verbally sparring siblings shrouded in soot and acrid smoke. Family movie fun…
Sometimes, as I write my poetry, I describe scenes that I’m being shown as part of my spiritual exercises.
One of the themes involves a female fighting a battle during some kind of natural event. The first two, brought in from my other blog, involve storms.
I know I told you before about the game I like to play with my humans. They have these big black bags of all the fun things they don’t think are that important. Most of the time, they take them away before I ever get to play. Worse, when I try to play…
It’s a mom moment — A heart in my throatBeating wildly out of my chestMoment in time.Letting go.Holding on.What to do?The mischief fairyI wasn’t sure I wantedAnd knew that I knew that I knewI couldn’t handleFloated to a piano and opened her mouth.Dollar signs flit around.She’s so…
Author’s Note: This story is republished and revised with my permission from my WordPress blog at https://kittiephoenixromans08.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/nikas-dream/.
Nika curled in the cave. Although the darkness covered her, she had images in her pack memory. She wrestled with…
Ephesians 5:25–28, The Passion Translation
And to the husbands, you are to demonstrate love for your wives with the same tender devotion that Christ…
Author’s Note: This is republished and revised with my permission from my original blog at https://kittiephoenixromans08.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/my-judas-lament/.
I fell into a dark chasm that year.Decades ago you watched but didn’t know…
And now to interrupt my blog for something completely Christian… sort of…
I’ve had a rough week. There will be a few more days in that week by the time this publishes.
She dances defiantly in freedomAs destruction designs defeat.
The Master’s voice softly outshoutsThe snarling wolves and ravenous lions.