sadness covers like a blanket of thick wet snow yardstick-deep melancholy weighs me to the ground masks my eyes fills my nose mouth deadening my senses suffocating me mere feet from the warmth safety of the open door Photo Credit: Peter Szto, PhD © 2016 Revised 2020 & 2021 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights … Continue reading The Cubic Weight of Sadness – Christine E. Ray
sadness covered her a blanket of thick wet snow yardstick-deep melancholy weighed her to the ground masked her eyes filled her nose her mouth deadening her senses suffocating her mere feet from the warmth safety of the open door Photo Credit: Peter Szto, PhD © 2016 Revised 2020 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
I heard Annabel Jones’ Asking for a Friend and a couple of the lyrics really got under my skin. They inspired the piece below. I watch helpless as sadness swallows you whole too weary to fight you are going down without a sound slipping into the deep stillness where my arms do not reach I … Continue reading Asking for a Friend
notes on the piano haunting half steps like spring rain on my heart gentle at first soothing becomes a melody of blue melancholy penetrates deeply erodes defenses leaves me raw is echoed in tears that slide steadily silently down my face neck breasts becomes my heartbeat as I fold in on myself to staunch the bleeding © 2017 … Continue reading From Night to Morning (Antologie)
Notes on the piano haunting half steps like spring rain on my heart gentle at first soothing becomes a melody of blue melancholy penetrates deeply erodes defenses leaves me raw is echoed in tears that slide steadily down my face neck breasts becomes my heartbeat as I fold in on myself to staunch the bleeding © 2017 … Continue reading #tbt From Night to Morning (Antologie)
I heard Annabel Jones’ Asking for a Friend and a couple of the lyrics really got under my skin. They inspired the piece below. I watch helpless sadness swallowing you whole too weary to fight you are going down without a sound slipping into deep stillness where my arms do not reach Calling your name … Continue reading Asking for a Friend
Brave & Reckless 