It’s funny how a tear occasionally wants to escape its prison. Especially when you don’t feel like moving your head to alter its path,...

Augustina. “Yes…?” He stood for a moment, looked down, shook his head, and laughed. “What are you laughing for?” Because you always say,...

So...if your kid says they want to be a writer, tell them to become something else. Trust me, I'm a U.S. Marine, and it's the same...

I felt your breath move over my eyelashes and your laughter settled into my mouth. When my ears rang with the sound of your heartbeat and...

This habit of his. Sticking his hand into his right pocket to let his fingers dance with the heart-shaped locket his grandmother left...

"You need to stop denying you're a writer," she said as she stood in my doorway. Part of my mind considered her somewhat of a bitch. She...

It is amazing I can still walk upright with how many times I’ve fallen on my sword. KVL

I wish to fall peacefully among the trees and the ghosts and the stars. When I pass from this humanness with only the memory of love....

It’s all about timing. But don’t ask me. I never get it right. I’m either really early, or really late for meetings. I proposed too late...

She missed the noise of life, When she hid behind her smile. She could run her fingers over the scars to remember the feeling and it was...

I wish I could tell you how to win, my son. I truly wish I could tell you how to win. But only a winner can tell you that, and a sinner...

Finding peace in the adventure that is death. Joy in the headache of sorrow, I will not miss this mortal coil. This sack I wear so...

You can't take a journey unless you take that first step. Even when the map you use says, "Thar be dragons!". The map I've used to wander...