Under the water is a menagerie of beings glowing bright. It is like ballons under the water. When you sink down to the bottom, you hold you hands up and feel nothingness (which feels like something). It makes you want to cry, but not because of pain — from something else. And the quiet listeners…
Tag: Writing
Her name is Hina
There is an old lady who calls to the ocean. She puts up her hands and it speaks to her. Her hair is silver. She’s been here for so long, but you could never tell how old she was. Her face is so smooth like a stone that has washed up on shore. Like one…
the girl on the tree
High up in the tree and she could see everything. She saw where the river bent into the setting sun in the distance. She saw the forest, which she assumed stretched forever. But it didn’t it went to a red rock mountain. With flat smooth surfaces exposed to the sun, she said to herself: that’s…
pool of green light
Within the river, there was a part of the water dammed up from a fallen tree. It created a clear pool as the other water passed by freely. Current pulling everything downwards. Far away. To where, she didn’t know. She just knew she hadn’t ever been there before. Loud insects called across the waving trees….
bird of paradise
bird of paradise peeking out beneath the shade i can see you dancing to the wind nodding your head with the breeze you couldn’t hide yourself even if you tried bright orange and purple makes us all happy to look at you maybe chuckle to yourself as we say “hey, look at that!” you’ve made…
the forest dreams as she waits
Stars twinkling overhead. Wind was a little colder today than the day before. She sat outside the house, waiting, watching for the light to go out in the window. For someone to come in through the door. Eyes becoming heavy. Head, dizzy just a bit before her head drooped down. Comfortable and warm, despite the…
water always moving
There were a couple of grey smooth stones. She put them in a row curving around itself. If she found a stone that was wet on one side, she put that one facing the sky so the sun could heat it up and it would dry off. She did this for a while. She shifted…
house in the woods
Woke up at dawn and first thing she noticed was the light was out. She didn’t know if someone had done it or if it happened on its own. She didn’t see any other signs that someone had been around. But she felt groggy and it was taking a while to get used to being…
on this wave falling towards the deep
Girl on the board on the wave. Gliding. Lean back. Hover forward. Like you’re always right on the edge of falling down. Girl rides the wave and she makes it look easy. Like it’s the easiest thing in the world when she shifts left. Shifts right. Girl knows what to do as she comes to…
31 Days: The August Challenge
I haven’t been the best about updating my blog lately, but if you’ve read the last couple of posts, you’d know that there’s so much going on! I just haven’t made the time to focus on writing, but since I’m leaving behind a lot of folks in the Bay Area, one of the things I’m…
The Dynamics of Groove 