Spooky Madison's Haunted Places

The old woman's sneakers squeaked as she shuffled slowly across her freshly mopped kitchen floor, the sound stopping momentarily as she bent to lift the pan of meatballs from the heat of the oven. Taking a sniff of the air, she smiled pleasingly, enjoying the sweet aroma coming from the dish and just as suddenly frowned, remembering why she'd made the meatballs and sighed to herself. The little Parker girl had been missing for a couple of days with no sign of her where-a-bouts and her parents...

I remember it was a warm night, the night I saw him. I was just out of college and I hadn't been home long when I decided I'd go have a bubble bath to relax any stresses away. I was in my bedroom, getting out some pajamas to take with me to the restroom when I had this odd feeling of being watched. I knew I was home alone, yet I turned and looked all around my room, even going to the doorway to check the hall, but I found nothing. It was nearly dark out and I knew my brother would be bri...

SIMPLE MADNESS

Simple madness - let me be!

Simple madness - you are to me.

Release my heart - let it recover.

Release my heart - to give another.

Set forth my soul - long may it live.

Set forth my sou...

In college (Lit. class), our Professor asked us to write a poem or short story about mourning someone close to our hearts & that he preferred the person still be alive now - to test our imaginations further perhaps? ...so, of course, I wrote about my Dad.

The night moves softly into the dawn.

The stars disappear, yet the moon still wans.

I gaze at the orb as I lay awake lonely.

 

Warrior  

His moccasin foot treads softly on the unbeaten ground.

The man, overcome by the surrounding beauty his People had found.

To live off the land his People do treasure.

 

Escape

My soul's energy knows no bounds.

Escapes from me to dance around.

Tear open the door to race outside!

Childhood

Do our childhoods determine the adults we become?

Is where we are headed related to where we came from?

Do our actions as children predict the actions when grown?

Are our fates predestined? Our life's choices gone?

Do our parents still control our comings and goings?

D...

A Storm

Lightening vapors shadow my face as I peer out from behind the curtain.

 The impending storm draws closer by moments, of this I am most certain.

I open the pane, breathe deeply in the delicious rain scent on the breeze.

 I begin to envy the soon soaking of the grass, flowers and leaves...

 

Passion's Creature

She carries herself with precise grace and stead.

Not knowing direction, where the path may lead.

A force to be reckoned with, she is indeed.

It's been 16 years since I've seen you last. I can still feel your brown eyes gazing into mine as I bent to kiss your frail cheek. Still, even though you were at your sickest, I never knew that would be the last time I would see you alive. I guess I never really wanted to think about it. I didn't want to know. Looking back, I think I knew you were far worse off than I gave it credit. You were always so full of life, so carefree & light. I assumed you would beat it. After all,...

THE CHANGE

I wonder if anyone understands how I feel?

To be trapped in a body I cannot heal.

I have lost my soul. I have lost my pride.

I've let the helpless little girl inside me hide.

Buried within, she sleeps and waits.

To be set free--...