There are areas preserved from time. Relics of civilization protected for future generations. A window into the past one can climb through. A climb to reach that cultural connection. A move that enriches the self. But can everyone make the climb? *** The path is not made for all. Old frozen cracked roads raised by…

The day I went under came. And I did not return the same. I went under out of responsibility. And came out changed. Carried by another. Responsibility no longer my own. *** What is surprising is that a new fear remains. Of what if I had kept under. Left to drown in the deep I…

There was a bulletin board set against an off white wall. I was very familiar with it but the content routinely changed. Sometimes incomparable month to month. Decor changing with the seasons as someone dressed it up. Hidden behind where the office door when opened. Missed unless you knew where to look. *** It was…

It comes on suddenly. A surprise guest with the early summer. Mild temperature skyrockets to seemingly impossible heights. An event everyone dreads. The burden falling on both the body and infrastructure. Stretching past the point of comfortable. *** The skin immediately burns. Grass becomes petrified in place. A single spark enough to claim fields and…

Being wrong to others is just another kind of pain. One that you bring on yourself instead of it being done to you. Preventable in every way. An action everyone knows will not bring favorable consequences but still do anyway. The only kind of instinct that brings harm every time. Simply because emotions are triggered…

Getting a project done is such a process. Starting from its conception careful steps have to be taken if you care about the outcome. For example, to design a new yard, you need a detailed plan. Every line has to be exact and every plant placement carefully chosen. Pipes and wiring laid out like a…

Anticipation broadens life. Stretches out those crystal moments before a good thing. Writing an experience to memory like pen to high quality paper. Moments of asking “what if?” and “how?”. Times that will never rise to quite the same heights. The extremes kept and all else lost to time. *** The taste of a delicious…

What was that noise in your your dark room? Do you want to look? Do you dare? It could be a burglar. It could be some previously unknown horror. Lurking just out of sight. *** Maybe it is better to think about something else. How about that local news? That guy got elected again, yeah,…

I heard an ignored elephant in the room does not grow smaller. I find this to be true. A person can walk around with fingers in their ears and eyes pressed shut. But the elephant remains and cannot fit itself through the door. People just sometimes prefer to pretend it doesn’t exist. It’s easier than…

Night would start to fall upon the forest. My young self would peer nervously from the campfire outside the family trailer. Trees looked different in the dark and hollows became gaping mouths or staring eyes. Worse still, was that tree someone had glued large plastic eyes to. Probably as a joke but not funny to…