Pen to paper can be intimidating - old school writing feels awkward when it has been years since the last time I actually put...pen to paper. But on this trip no laptop, no word processing devices - didn't think to bring anything along to write with...front desk, sweet faced young man - red curly hair …
Author: Trilby Yates
Splinters Of Temptation
There are few places I can go a few places that don't throw me off track circle back and start again - Waking up to a new day surviving another day a fresh start - Short term memory lapse starting all over again all over again Rat in a golden cage spinning spokes jagged edges …
One Step, Two Step
"Walking down Canal street, one step, two step knocking every door one step, two step couldn't find a whore ..." Double Dutch jump rope rhymes play that beat baby keep the rhythm keep the time... And I know you know I still have your drum set and play louder and harder everyday just to prove …
Twilight Internet Star Crossed Lovers
Alternative time burn out and insecurities soar like the wounded angel I once was. Flying too close to the sun a virtue in disguise - And there was a moment of ease and a desire to lean in closer than allowed; to take finger tips to your lips and hush the secrets away. A kiss …
Slightly Off Key
How well you thought you knew me; not so long ago when I walked the rocky coast late at night - New England rag tag shore line But, it was in my darkest hours that you seemed to fade away... An ambiguous image blurred and out of view Like two proverbial battle weary ships, in …
The Wind Will Always Blow
Seems like only yesterday the sky was a turquoise shade of blue babies breath and fall surrounded us. We raised our children together coffee clutch at the local diner; Mom's on a break... the gift of gab and so much more the wind was blowing strong As love was falling from our grasp husbands and …
Happier Days Are On The Rise
Surprised at the emotions spurred by photographs of you a past romance and tenderness not forgotten. But a touch of fear begins to surface - a simple notion from chest to throat, a slight pulse rise. What if you feel my lingering thoughts, as they pass from here to there? Would you even care? No …
Political Agenda
Fine smooth facial lines crisscross like a jagged war torn village road a mapping of your indiscretions never deviating from the facts truths be told - behold the awkwardness leaving a distinct manicured impression unique to a solitary finger print left at the scene of an other wise meticulously assumed moral crime your party established …
Reminisce With Fondness
If the stars had been aligned and the winds blew a gentler breeze from the east crossing over the Sound arriving on lands end and a full harvest moon had been on the rise maybe then we would have realized life is a short seductive story bitter sweet at times and the best is not …
