SpeckledHeart

he held out his hand and she let her own fall into his— into the heat into the promise that came with the gesture and she stood— shoulders back— letting the fabric of her scarlet gown float just above her toes he turned; she followed dodging the sparks that his footsteps made he stopped in the middle of the finished floor in the middle of the couples twirling around them and then they danced; they danced until her feet blistered until her skirt grew dizzy they danced and everyone watched as the pair spun as her gown tangled itself in his inferno they watched until the music stopped until the girl’s posture fa

When I was a little girl, we lived in a house with a nectarine tree. My father tended to it faithfully, watering it and pruning away the dead wood and the branches that would grow too heavy with time, sealing the trimmed edges with care. Each spring, it bore a can-can line of frilly, fragrant petticoat blossoms, cast away wantonly beneath the carnal attentions of buzzing cyprian bees. Each summer, it groaned beneath the weight of fruit, ripening in heavy round golden bellies, basking in the honeyed California sunlight, serene and assured in its fecundity. For a glorious few weeks, we would eat nectarines all day long, in as many creative appl

i. He was seventeen when he died. I never went to the funeral but I walked past it the day of the service.  His mother was in the backseat of a blue Dodge, door open, head in her hands. "My baby," she kept repeating. "My baby."  It would go from sobbing, to screaming, to a soft whisper that I could only hear being carried on the wind. ii. It was a Wednesday afternoon that they found his old red pickup truck parked out front of Slim's, two beer bottles in the back and the windows cracked to let the stale air out. I heard that his dad told the police he was gonna take that old truck and fix it up, because he had promised his son before&mdas

It is so different here In our little atmosphere All I can do is hang on tight Keep on believing what is right We've been out every night Reaching the stars as we take flight Holding on to you is simple my sweet When you call, I'm there in a heartbeat Some nights are cold, so terribly cold And you try to take it, try to be bold You shiver alone in the snow and rain But I am here also to take the pain I create a shield with my wings over you So you can feel the warmth beneath me too Feel the softness of my wings against your skin Let me be your comfort, let the healing begin For you, I give you the warmth of my wings Forget all your sadn