Sirens outside; eyes wet-rimmed; tasting silence. It lays heavy; pushes in against my eardrums. Read back over what’s been newly typed. Add some more. Stare into the distance. Bed calling; I don’t answer yet. I pretend I’m not here. Not sure what to expect. Heart wary. -LS
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A Morning in the Desert (Prose)
We climbed the retractable stairs into our weekend home (the family RV), leaving our sandy flip flops on a mat below. We had woken to the sun peeping over a distant mountain some lazy minutes before. The desert’s expanse shone with fresh sunlight, dazzling and dripping from cacti. My friend R and I had drifted […]
Continue readingBeautiful Things (Musing)
When in doubt, aim for beautiful things. Will it work? -LS
Continue readingWhat is Life (Poem)
What is life but to walkTo take one more step Some wander offWhere darkness blanketsBut they’re not gone —We hear their voices from time to time Sometimes after a long, long waitSometimes barely recognized or painedBut it floats back to us all the same For we are all wandering this gladeFeeling for a warmer, safer […]
Continue readingTears on the Floor (Poem)
Sunshine in shardsCut through the kitchenA trail on the floor beneath their gaze Shimmering wetnessIn diamond dropsWhere bare feet padded through, tears remain Someone hereRecently awayLeft a heart and story along their way -LS
Continue readingOur “Before We Die” List (Musing)
Sitting at a big kitchen table in San Diego, my good pal RW and I wrote a list tonight of things we’d like to do before we die. Make a dugout canoe Convert/outfit a minibus for roadtripping Build a treehouse Make a bow from scratch Make a knife Visit every state Go out on a […]
Continue readingThoughts Like Baseball Gloves (Musing)
I’ve experienced an interesting phenomenon as of late with certain thoughts and concepts and wonderings. I’ve become aware of a handful of relatively new, novel, sometimes scary, usually weighty, outlandish, significant facets of my existence over the past season. I’ve had to wrestle hard with them. They’ve permeated a lot of my awareness and experience. […]
Continue readingOur Life’s Colors (Musing)
Staring out a coffee shop window at a gray, 30-degree California midmorning. Snowflakes wander idly the way leftover foot traffic wanders down a forgotten side street, having foresaken or missed the main attraction. I’m thinking about life and how it happens in shades. Sometimes it’s by your own hand – you paint something on the […]
Continue readingAdventure at Mammoth Lakes (Memoir)
Writing from the bar seats in a beautiful timeshare condo in Mammoth Lakes, CA. What a rich, colorful experience this is. Jumping into the family of a good friend of mine; aryan me in an Asian American midst. Our flight landed landed Thursday eve. We were picked up by parents, treated to Hawaiian for dinner, […]
Continue readingBeautiful Story (Musing)
I’ve been thinking a lot about my story these days. What will I pursue? What do I want? What am I made to do? What makes me feel alive? What is my purpose? What am I waiting on/for? What expectations am I carrying that shouldn’t be there? The responses I hold in my hand include […]
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