I close my eyes to surrender to th… but instead get bombarded by image… Your smile flashes at me from the… Your laughter bubbles out, and it’s like I’ve gone back in ti…

center Two years ago, I lost my brother, my friend. Although he wasn’t perfect,

I saw him, standing alone in the rain, crying for someone to love him. Hungry, lost,

Exhausted, Drained, I have nothing left. No more strength to fight against… I’m sinking.

Lord, Things are unbearable. I have been shouting. I have been crying. Hoping you would listen.

I see your face. Lifeless and pale, resting on a pillow of white silk. I try to pretend you’re sleeping, but the tears in my eyes betray me…

center When I’m with you, I have no worries, but then I don’t see you, don’t talk talk to you,

Love life, but love death also. It isn’t the end, only a beginning that we don’t und…

Trailing kisses, hands on my back, hold me close and I can’t breathe. Perfect romance, my heart beats fast,

Waking up in darkness, the moon shining through my window… With tear filled eyes I sit up and remember what I was dreaming. His smiling face shining.

Peace comes: When laying under the stars. When wrapped up in his arms. When listening to bird song. When speaking to God above.

I was sixteen when it happened. My best friend Lilly convinced me to go to a party her boyfriend Joe was throwing and like an idiot I caved. As Lilly and I walked in the door she ran of...

Flowers bloom. Seasons change. Petals fall. Nothing’s the same. It’s been a while

It’s a partly cloudy but terribly cold day. I’m running late for school and still have to scrape my truck windows of ice. I finally get there about five, maybe ten, minutes late to my U...