Short Story

Butterfly

Sipping my hot chocolate, I look outside at the rain belting against the window, hoping for a glimpse of my man. Daisy pulls the blind on the door, indicating the

The Ballerina

Parisian dark skies frame the cold grey housing block decorated in graffiti. Communal steel dumpsters overflow with putrid trash, and I see a rat feasting on the remains of a

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The Perfect Match

Melvin Blinded by the white lights in front of me, I keep smiling like a stiff until the solo red light turns green. ‘Good job!’ The producer shouts as I unclip my

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Bodhi

black nights reveal the stars  silver lights in the sky  I am without you now  once only you and I  you were my source of love  a river never dries  a stream of constant grief  I miss

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Nightmares

All around buildings fall  Some explode some stay tall  I run fast as I can  while feeling somewhat calm  even though it’s a dream  I still hear myself scream  I wake with fear and dread  There’s rubble

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The Rottweiler and the Crow

body of a beast  brain of a baby  lazing in the grass  gazing at a daisy  a crow comes to rest  and pecks the flower  eyes lock together  no flicker or cower  beast charges forward  with all his crude

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