Once before I knelt, sitting zazen before the Two Doors: The Lady or the Tiger. Last time I chose Right, and the Lady became my wife, and the breath and love of my life. Then she and our child died in childbirth. Now I again sit zazen before the Two Doors, hoping The Tiger will rend me unto death, ending my suffering. Standing, I choose Wrong, hoping the Door will yield a frenzied animal that will guide me to the end of m...

There was a knock at my door. I knew who it had to be. “Hi,” she said. “I don’t want to cry myself to sleep. May I sleep with you?” I thought for a second, then pushed the door open. As she walked through, I held my trailing hand out to her. She took it, and as soon as I had the door shut, she came into my arms. “I’ve never missed a Christmas at home before,” she said. “I don’t think I would have slept at all.” I smiled,...

A love that lasts forevermore,From the very first momentEyes laid upon one another.Could it possibly have beenA love fore-mostly forbidden,Like a Shakespearean love story. There’s more than, several possibilities.Like it possibly could have been,A Romeo and Juliet love affairDivided by conflict of two families.But driven by heart’s desires,Like a Shakespearean love story. Love from, a midsummer nights dreamAnd bubbles up...

Suddenly on that day You walked into my life I then instinctively knew It would always be you   I was Capt C____ The General was boss But everyone there knew The Sgt Major was in command   When you stood there  Proudly with those stripes With a smile on your face The old man (General) knew  From wars long past That it was actually you In total command   The room stood still  As you briefed us all The mission was risky  Li...

Heart to heart, We crash, merge and fuse into one, Soul to soul, we collide, Like an electric dance, on a neon moon With reservations made for only two Spinning dust covered vinyls We play a song continuously on repeat One that sounds somehow brand new That spans time and space Whirling, twirling, sparkling bright (Like a thousand diamonds twinkling in the night) With a kaleidoscope of new emotion Blending, reforming, nev...

He thought he’d be in love before, but he was quite wrong. He knew that now. Donne leant against a stone pillar in the shadows of the Great Hall, glass of wine in hand, apparently laconically surveying the elaborately masked dancers in their extravagant costumes moving in the bright candlelight. Abutting the palace of Whitehall, the grand riverside mansion, York House, was en fete tonight. Torches flamed at the main entra...

“Baby, is that you?” Skylar sits up in her bed, startled. A thin sheen of sweat covers her forehead, matting some tendrils of dark wavy hair to her slick skin. “Are you there baby?” She blinks her eyes and rubs them, trying to focus and adjust to the darkness. A small glimmer of ambient light hovers in the room, casting silhouetted outlines for her to make out. The clock on her bedside nightstand reads 4:19AM. Her brain,...

I walk along the beachAlone.The sand, the waves, all around meBeauty.I am content, so why don’t I Smile?I am whole, so why don’t I feelComplete?Along the horizon, I see the sunSetting.The warmth of its rays turningCold.People are all about, are theyHappy?When I look inside I seePain.It hurts, but I don’t want it To leave.I hold open the void in my heart,Hoping.Somewhere…she also feelsPain.Somewhere…she also cravesLove.I w...

When you entered my lifeI was lostAimlessly wanderingConfused, empty and afraidBut from seemingly nowhereSo effortlesslyAnd oh so painlesslyYou filled me with your loveI fell in love with youAnd you made love to me.You called to meAnd I could not resistYou or your temptationFor you did not hide from me Who you truly wereThere was no dance of seductionIt was plain to seeThe lust I had for what you gaveAllowed me to see tha...