Cross-Section
The years have added sediments, Layers to her hard-worn core; Each resplendent element Accumulates and adds its lore - Brilliant glaring youthful tones, Subtle, mournful, painful hues; Wrapping round...
View ArticleThe Secret of the Star
Deeply carved into our skin a secret is revealed; a star belongs in each of us when layers are repealed; when knife meets flesh, the blood is drawn, imbedding seeds of doubt - but trials are the only...
View ArticlePuffed Up
It’s more than pride that puffs her up. Layers build buffers between soul and the cold; in the places where denial runs up against reality, stripping down is decidedly counter-intuitive. Fences may...
View ArticleSurface
Whenever her roots begin to show, she heads to the salon for a second skin. ‘How long will this veneer hold?’ she asks her sparkling reflection, taking care not to scratch the surface. Filed under: A...
View ArticleCracks
He plastered cracks with thin veneer, deflected scrutiny with hollow jokes . to laugh the scars away; but meeting Love has peeled his bark’s resources, . stripped bare his polyurethane. Terror and...
View ArticleShe Hides
She hides her soul from prying, pulls invisibility close, feathered mantle shielding vulnerable organs. Should strangers breach her barriers, happen suddenly upon her inner sanctum, retreat protocols...
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