Aching Silence
It’s black — this lack of words; a void… too cold. I only hear myself reflected darkly between each heartbeat; caesurae of the muted nights. It’s black — this lack […]
Tag Archives: despair
My winter coat’s too thick
Elongated seconds crawling crusts of centipedes, crabs, joyful as the jinglebelly muzak underneath my skin. Sluggish earthworms: heartbeats drumbeats upbeat — soon. “Can i have them wrapped?” Inhale-exhale the weight […]
Before
Before: Forever happy un- abridged “Yes” — she said that day, yet unpaired: des- paired he’s left bereft today, silenced into shade. There are days when water’s paled with voices […]
Līgo Haībun-Hating an instrument
Līgo Haībun prompt is the photograph attached. I thought I would write a story that is the exact opposite of my first impression of the picture by David Williamson. She […]
The last swim – Friday Fictioneers.
I’m early to post in Friday Fictioneers this week. I feel a little bad because I have not read all the entries last week, and I know it will be […]
Björn Rudbergs writings 