James is three months younger than Kimberly, but he has a car, even though Kimberly does not. It’s an old, 5-speed Firebird, but despite its age, it still runs well. James likes his car, even though it’s not new like a lot of the other kids’ cars. Those kids have rich parents, and James doesn’t….
The Redwoods
If you ever need to find James, chances are that he is somewhere by the Oaks near the ditch that crosses the field by Kimberly’s house. And yes, Kimberly is probably with him. They are childhood friends, and you can say that they are best friends, but don’t assume any farther than that. And they…
Minor Annoyance
For a long time, I thought Nadine would never get over Oliver. I watched from afar at first, but it was – as the old saying goes – like looking at a car wreck. It was awful, but I just couldn’t look away. I’d met the two of them a year or so ago, and…
Wake Up
In elementary school while in 4th grade, I met a girl named Marika. Her name was pronounced like the name Marie, but with a -ka on the end. Some boys called her “America” as a joke, but I couldn’t bring myself to make fun of her name because it was unique, unlike mine – Chris….
Ode
It’s just me, her, and the road underneath, She glides down asphalt like a sword into a sheath, I press down the pedal and zip into fourth, Top end evens out, giving way from torque. “This is crazy,” I think – the speed, the thrill! Like a lion on the hunt, going in for the…
Categories
“Hey, wake up. It’s your move,” Cecelia said. “Huh?” “Are you daydreaming again?” she asked. “I guess I was.” I took a pawn and moved it forward a space. “Well, it’s Saturday night and we’re sitting in your parents’ kitchen playing chess, so I guess I can’t blame you,” she said. “Look at the bright…
Distance
It has been quite some time since I’ve seen you, I guess that has its ups and downs, But your smile made me question everything, And though I may never know you any better, At least I have known you in the first place, Though, maybe our paths will converge, In which case, I look…
Gratitude
I’ve seen you before, But we haven’t spoken much, You radiate, you shine, The day is made brighter when you walk outside, I want to know you, I want to laugh with you, I want to share time, So let’s slow down, Let’s not let this sign on the highway pass us by.
Where are you?
Where are you? You that haunts me, Such vivid happiness that I’ve seen in slumber, Please don’t go, Take me with you, Let me feel this feeling just a little longer, I need to tell you just how I feel, That you affect me like no other could or should ever hope to, But our…
Poem-vember
I originally planned on finishing all of my “No Sleep” stuff on Halloween, but that didn’t happen. It’s finished now, and I think I’m done with that for a while. However, I hereby dub November “Poem-vember.” I never write poetry, mostly because I’m terrible at it, but that whole “practice makes perfect” thing is pretty…