Amazon Rising: Nikki Dreams
Finding Her Way
I struggle to make peace with you Your bony withered hand Clenched in a ball around my heart Time drags on along quiet empty shores Your faded dying skin Wrapped like worn gauze around my bones The warmth of feeling distant in...
Time better spent. Someone to share it with. Dormant spring waits for rains of shared experience. Looking in shallow gazes. Meeting of eyes averted. Waiting blossoms fragrant for no one. Wishful thoughts drowned. Unanswered dreams heavy burden. Cultivating tireless hope...
These nights alone. Transient wastelands of lonely thoughts. Hopeful flights of fancy encourage endless desire. Desire… desire to be held in life’s intimate embrace alongside friends or a lover not yet met. What is the measure of a person? The...
She opened the drawer to her nightstand, the pale brown bottle of sleeping pills sit harmlessly under the child-proof lid. The long dried tears and runs of makeup down her face are the only signs of life once lived.... as she lies down a long forgotten calm quiets her breath. She comforts herself in the warm down comforter. The sun is shining and the sky is filled with blue... everywhere blue. But the beauty is gone. She sees only darkness. Her soft long hair gently spreads out over the pillow. She has put on her favorite nightgown. It is antique white silk with delicate lace and trim. It is old and worn but it is her favorite. As she closes her eyes, she gently and briefly smiles.