Sad Sad Songs

She put on the sad sad songs and decided to wallow awhile.  It was self indulgent and fruitless.  It certainly wouldn’t help.  In the moment none of that mattered.
 
The wallowing gave a temporary reprieve from the pressing air.  There was a fiction of movement.  As though this was somehow moving on.
 
But she was not entirely [...]

Stop

It’s too easy to give yourself away.  Every time you say you will not repeat the mistake.  But you do.  Because you want to believe this time will be different.  But it isn’t.
 
It may seem so at first.  You talk.  You laugh.  You believe you’ve turned the corner.  Come back to where it was good [...]

Innocent Monologue

**This wa a piece I wrote a a prep for an exercise in an improv theater group I work with.  It was an exercise where we to come up with a character and a story that fit a particular archetype.  My archetype was the Innocent.  This is what i came up with.  It’s written as [...]

Winter Morning’s Rising

The weak milk light of midwinter crept under the curtains and up the foot of the bed.  The beam slid over the comforter, running over folds and creases, illuminating fabrics and creating shadows.  It eventually found a smooth cheek and eyes framed with long lashes.  The light caused stirring behind the closed eyelids.  It started [...]

The Hawk and the Hare

It was brilliantly white.  The whole world was blanketed, settled in for the season, dreaming of spring.  There were few sounds in the crisp air of morning.  The brave winter birds sang their defiant songs, the wind whistled through the bare trees and her footfalls echoed over the field.
 
She stopped at the top of the [...]

The Room and the Restlessness

She rambled around the house without purpose or direction.  The distraction of the end of their relationship prevented her from successfully completing any task.  The laundry was half folded, the dishes rinsed but not washed, dinner started but abandoned.
 
There was no sitting still.  She moved through each room of the house, staying only briefly.  Each [...]

The Machinations of the Human Heart Part 2

The heart is much stronger than we give it credit for.  It is capable of bearing incredibly heavy burdens and suffering shattering blows.  And through it all it retains then ability to love, even those responsible.  It has no use for anger or hatred.  It is an organ which perseveres.
 
The heart will forgive you when you push [...]

Roller Skating

On New Year’s Day, the Fiend went roller skating for the very first time.  There was all the excitement and anticipation of trying something new.  The rink was packed and the sight of all the other kids squirming impatiently to get going just increased this.
 
We finally got into the rink and went to get skates.  [...]

The Fiend’s Loose Tooth!

When I picked the Fiend up from Babydaddy’s house yesterday I got two surprises. First, Babydaddy wasn’t there. He has left the Fiend with his roomate who has two young kiddos of her own. I felt horribly guilty for putting his roomate out and terribly frustrated by his lack of regard for others all at once.  [...]