Disconnected

by: R. Catherine Naked and curled, I lay there dejected. Steam in my face, all thought is infected with rivers of blood down the drain, I’m affected. Suicide thoughts in my head are infective. Head on my knees, lost in my own perspective. Hot water beats down on my back, I’ve neglected these thoughts for … Read more

Speak

by: R. Catherine I choke on the words tht fill up my head. Panic it rises to step on my neck, to hold back the things that need to be said. Things I should speak, but end up writing instead. Questions I know that I must vocalize. Like bile inside, determined to rise. Choking them … Read more

The Witching Woman

by: R. Catherine Under the witching moon, she chants the ancient song. Singing to the twilight sky to bring a lover home. A maiden fair had come to her desparate in her plea. Longing for her gentle lad, who seeks his fortune out at sea. “Bring him home!”, she said, “To fill my heart and … Read more