His face froze as he watched the images on the television set. My heart sank. I hadn’t noticed him enter the room. I would have […]
The Waves
The results we had been bracing for finally came: positive. I looked at the words in plain black and white and waited for the panic […]
The Tree
It’s two weeks since I’ve left my room. Two weeks well worth it. It all started on a sunny June morning. I was down at […]
Morning
The sound of his alarm, muffled through my ear plugs. Flip on the light that blinds for a minute before squinting through squeezed eyes to […]
Blue Hydrangeas
The summer brought blue hydrangeas. I had broken the soil last fall. In the warm glow of autumn, I shattered the earth. With each shovelful, […]