darkness has settled in for the evening the cold outside our four snug walls frosts our windows turns snow into a hard, white crust that reflects our soft bedroom light the day has been long, my love I have been doing battle with the world today I have been doing battle with myself my body … Continue reading When Darkness Falls – Christine E. Ray
my reflection and I do not behave the way mirror images ought we do not face each other glassed twins one of us safely contained in a liquid silver pool instead we stand shoulder to shoulder in an empty room we do not touch but stare in opposite directions studiously avoiding eye contact neither of … Continue reading Mirror Images
Shhhhh. . . put your hand on my trembling heart listen into my silence midnight blue velvet reach into my stillness deeper than you have ever dared gently touch my silver waters undisturbed in eternal privacy your fingertip first ripple on crystalline surface Shhhhh. . . can you hear a murmur a whisper a sigh? the … Continue reading Into My Stillness
it is only in sleep that she is fully visible able to be deciphered in her unbuttoned unzipped state his eyes open moon’s captured light slanting across the expanse of tousled sheets softly reveals tender curve of her cheek unclasped hand, childlike fingers brushing his shoulder heart in the gentle rise fall of her night … Continue reading Moonlight’s Magic
it is a stretch for me to reach out across this shifting distance this shaky ground hand extended toward you a journey across a deep chasm for me to say aloud even in a whisper I need I want I do not like to need to want to admit any vulnerability any Achilles heel my rigid armor … Continue reading Vulnerability
unraveling frayed threads at the edge of a sleeve cuff that I cannot stop worrying I am coming undone nuts and bolts release themselves with a ping roll onto the floor structural integrity dissolving warning light flashing sirens wailing meltdown imminent encase me in foam in glass reduce the core temperature evacuate the area i … Continue reading She’s Come Undone
Brave & Reckless 