Gray Library

I find myself in this quiet space, against soft pillow I rest my face. And thoughts that swirl like silent storm, bundled up in blanket warm. The ebb and flow of inner tide, lying still, this endless ride…
She wanted to keep the leaves from falling. She wanted to gather up the leaves that had already fallen and put them back in their place. They didn’t belong where they would be mindlessly trampled, forgotten, turned to unrecognizable brown and then to dust…
A momentary hesitation indicated his desire to leave everything in the dust and proceed with his mission, but experience had taught him better. With a sweeping motion of his arm, he drew the scattered objects from the blackness beneath his bed and into the glow cast by his window…
The cold gray prison block euphemistically referred to as “school” had thoroughly eradicated any sensation of heaven–or freedom for that matter. With its humid classrooms that smelled of sweat, dust, bleach and the occasional fart, this was either hell or at least purgatory…
No longer a glass ceiling, she felt the bonds of an invisible cage surrounding her. Society had granted permission to rise to the top, yet still insisted she stay within the limits of the acceptable…
He never seemed to do much with his thoughts other than jot them down on scraps of yellow paper which he pinned to his walls or folded and tucked into crevices throughout his house. For this, they called him the Idea Man…
“Look at this beetle,” I said to my son, “Is it alive or dead?” “Dead,” he responded without hesitation. “Now look at these ants. The dead beetle is their food. So is it really death or is it life…
He spoke no words, He cracked no grin. I heard a voice come from within– “You’re not alone” he seemed to say, “You’re not alone along the way…
Remembering the sunny day of yesterday, rays warming her skin with an almost tender touch, she imagined the light had sunk down through flesh and into her very veins…
My spirit was escaping from my body, released by these beings. This is when I normally woke myself up, too frightened to know what happens next. But tonight I decided to stay…