Jenny,
I am ok. I’m where
I’m supposed to be.
I know you must be angry
I left, but please,
think of me as I was
when we last kissed.
This island is beautiful,
you would love it.
The palm trees sway
in the magic light of
sunrise and sunset, and
I think about you
every time the light
kisses the waves of
this vast ocean
I got lost in without you.
There was a storm, Jenny,
and there was nothing
I could do to save myself.
I thought I was dead,
but no, I’m still here
dreaming of you.… Read the rest
I hardly recognize him.
This isn’t the pimply, pockmarked face under greasy hair I remember from high school.
This can’t be the guy who got spitballed and wedgie’d, who was tripped in halls, who had his lunch tray dumped on his lap.
This can’t be that guy, because this guy is glowing.
I see him in the grocery store, pushing a cart with two little kids, smiling brightly like the gold band on his finger.
I go home and look in the mirror and see myself as I am, and I can’t help but wonder how he got everything first.… Read the rest
As they died with a soft smile, the only thing I could feel was triumph.
Then, the truth hit me like a bucket of cold water.
I’d forgotten to ask for the key.
I pulled at my chains, tugged at the huge lock, but couldn’t break free.
I was trapped with their bodies and the vial of poison that had rolled out of my reach.
I spent hours and bled rivers trying to reach it, that green liquid my only escape from a terrible death, but it was too far away.
I watched their bodies rot, and then I did.… Read the rest
