Facing Time Time stands before me,not a clock,but a quiet questionasking who I will be. It moves without rushing,a river that never looks back,carrying echoes of laughter,unfinished sentences,doors I once hesitated to open. I face it with pockets full of seconds,some wasted,some saved like smooth stones,some still sharp with fear. Time does not threaten—it simply … Continue reading Poem: Facing Time
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Poem: For the Love of a Hound
O faithful heart with fur and grace,You greet the dawn with eager pace,No sweeter soul have I yet foundThan in the eyes of my old hound. Your nose knows tales the winds have spun,Your joy ignites beneath the sun.You ask for naught but time and space—To roam, to rest, to share your place. Your howl, … Continue reading Poem: For the Love of a Hound
Poem: Dream Big
Dream big, like oceans kiss the skies,Beyond the bounds where limits lie.Let no one shrink what you believe—The stars were made for those who reach. Plant visions deep where doubts once grew,And water them with all of you.Let fear be fuel, not chain or wall—The tallest trees were once so small. They’ll say, “Be real,” … Continue reading Poem: Dream Big
Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #334: Whispers Through the Pines
https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/melissas-fandango-flash-fiction-challenge-334/ Whispers Through the Pines Brenda pulled her sweater tighter around her shoulders as the late afternoon wind rustled through the trees. The rose in her hand—drying, its petals darkening at the edges—was the last piece she had from his funeral. It had been three days since her grandfather, Edward, passed away, and … Continue reading Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #334: Whispers Through the Pines
Poem: Soul
Beneath the noise, beneath the name,Beyond the roles we learn to claim,There lies a flame no storm can quell—The soul, the truth, where silence dwells. Not skin, nor bone, not thought or face,Not measured by the world’s embrace,It moves like wind through unseen space—A pulse of light, a quiet grace. It is not born, it … Continue reading Poem: Soul
Flash Fiction: The Stillness Within
The Stillness Within is my entry for Reena’s Xploration Challenge #390 https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2025/07/17/reenas-xploration-challenge-390/ The Stillness Within In the heart of a bustling city where neon lights burned away the stars, lived a young woman named Alina. At 27, she had everything that should have made her happy— a marketing job at a well-known firm, a loft apartment … Continue reading Flash Fiction: The Stillness Within
Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #329, “The Throne in the Field”
https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/melissas-fandango-flash-fiction-challenge-329/ The Throne in the Field In the heart of a boundless golden sea, where yellow blossoms swayed like tiny suns beneath a wide and moody sky, there sat a single porcelain throne: a toilet, pristine and white, crowned with a sun-yellow seat and lid. It stood bold and unmoving in the midst of the … Continue reading Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #329, “The Throne in the Field”
Poem: You Are a Gift
You are a whisper in the storm,A quiet light, a gentle warm—The kind of grace that often hidesIn humble hearts and selfless strides. Not wrapped in ribbons, loud or bright,But in your laughter, love, and light.In every word of hope you share,You leave a little kindness there. You are a gift—just as you are,A guiding … Continue reading Poem: You Are a Gift
Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #326: Bring Back Natural Food
https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/melissas-fandango-flash-fiction-challenge-326/ image below is from Getty Images on Unsplash. Bring Back Natal Food Bring back the food of natal lands,Where mothers stirred with loving hands,The pots that whispered stories old,In scents of spice and simmered gold. Revive the taste of cassava bread,Where yam and millet softly ledOur childhood steps through memory's door,To hearths that echo evermore. Where … Continue reading Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge #326: Bring Back Natural Food
Poem: The Unmaking of Greed
Beneath the towers, tall with gold,Where souls are bartered, bought, and sold,A silent cry, the earth does keep—A weeping wound, a hunger deep. The seeds of greed were once but need,A thirst for more, a grasp, a deed.But roots grew wild through soil and stone,Till hearts forgot what’s not their own. The rivers choked on … Continue reading Poem: The Unmaking of Greed