NAPOWRIMO Day 6: And Again Our love story has come to an end. It's ran its course, we were never designed to go the distance, our foundation crumbled, the rules we could not bend. My love story begins. We will go our separate ways, no happily ever after, no joint statement, no attempt to remain friends. … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 6: And Again
Author: Just L
NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life
NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life Give us little portraits of everyday life. Let our prayers transcend the world. Light us and the fire will rise to the heavens. We arrive at your altar. At your beckoning. We arrive at your masterful feet. At that place that is no longer of the world. … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 5: Little Portraits of Everyday Life
NAPOWRIMO Day 4: Love’s Seasons
NAPOWRIMO Day 4: Love's Seasons It feels like walking through the Willamette National Forest on a winter day, each snow-laden branch forms a white cathedral of trees that surround you, serene and breathtaking. It feels warm on your skin like when you are roasting marshmallows in a roaring fire on a crisp fall day at … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 4: Love’s Seasons
NAPOWRIMO Day 3: Prosciutto Bandits
NAPOWRIMO Day 3: Prosciutto Bandits Hold me closer Tony Danza The reason I breed is you I want you to take me like a beef in the night I’m just a girl/A little hungry Christ had toast/ Christ had toast Your lemonade stand is hard to keep clean Hell if I know/I’m a skater/a burrito … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 3: Prosciutto Bandits
NAPOWRIMO Day 2: Voices In Our Heads
NAPOWRIMO Day 2: Voices In Our Heads Him: I climb atop your graceful curves My ebony dreads tease your skin Like a swinging bridge Carrying dreams to fruition Her: I reach down and kiss your mouth My blonde tresses brush your face Like an automatic car wash Cleansing every dirty trace Their hair: You are … Continue reading NAPOWRIMO Day 2: Voices In Our Heads
NAPOWRIMO Day 1: Secret Shame or Secret Pleasure?
NAPOWRIMO Day 1: Secret Shame or Secret Pleasure? Hallmark movie marathon Everyone else long gone M&Ms, Red Vines A glass of white wine Girl disquliifes boy Discovers he’s the one Happily ever after Gets me every time. ~Just L (April 1, 2018) Author’s Note: NaPoWriMo Prompt - Secret Shame or Secret Pleasure NaPoWriMo
With Another
You think he's so present As he turns off his phone Holding you, your attention Surely he's yours alone. You think you're so special As late night he slips in Then sleeps in so sweetly Next night he does it again. With another. ~Just L (March 28, 2018) Author's Note: Too many tales of infidelity … Continue reading With Another
What an Idiom!
Fickle in love Keeps us on our toes We break up and make up It comes and it goes The tables turn The tide goes out Seasons change Without a doubt The rain comes The wind it blows Spring eternally returns As we all know In matters of the heart We often come undone As … Continue reading What an Idiom!
Closing In
I see you watching me So close Yet far away Trying to be brave I sense your presence Around Most every day But you don't say I see you smiling From afar Holding me at bay Hoping I won't go away I sense your longing Inside Close to afraid So sure I won't stay -Just … Continue reading Closing In
Back It Up
Just know that I want you back Hurry before I slip through the cracks I don’t know where I’m going I can’t stand this plateauing I don’t want to hear you I just want to feel you I don’t care what you say Except you’re coming my way Send chills down my spine Skin on … Continue reading Back It Up
