Nikki

Curse of Silence

Am I doomed to be forever silent?Will my voice struggle to workWhen my heart is heavy and hurt? What binds my tongue?I struggle to knowWhat causes timidness to grow? Something feels wrongI know it’s not rightYet my lips are sealed like a vice Why can’t I speak up?What fear holds me back?Am I doomed toContinue reading “Curse of Silence”

Early Goodbye

I have to say goodbye earlyI won’t be there to see you offAnd my heart breaks What short time that we hadBut I learned from youAnd the wonder I saw inside of you You’re on to a better placeYou’ll love itYou’ll thriveBut it still aches to say goodbye The future is brightFor the both ofContinue reading “Early Goodbye”

Fear of Rebellion

Tahanami’s heart pounded with the rain. The warm air steamed with eerie fog, but her chills ran bone deep. She clutched a loaf of bread against her chest. One wrong turn and she was stuck in an alley of this tattered ruin of a town. A man three times her size, sporting hair as deepContinue reading “Fear of Rebellion”

Dueling Dragons

Ever have nighttime dreams that stick with you? They linger in the back of your mind because you’re trying to figure out why in the world you had such a crazy dream? I had one like that this week. I don’t remember the start of the dream. I just know something was going down thatContinue reading “Dueling Dragons”

Instead

Staring at the pageWondering what to writeThere’s a million things on my mindBut none that give insight Some days you just take themSome days are stagnantSome days there’s progressSome days are fragments Sometimes you only take a stepSometimes you leapSometimes you back trek Sometime you fall at your feet When the week itselfLeaves you withContinue reading “Instead”

Your People

Every now and then I like to pull out my old planners and take a look through them. I like to think looking back at them could help me appreciate the present or provide hope for the future. This week, I pulled out my 2017 planner to see what I did the week of AprilContinue reading “Your People”

I Called Him a Traitor

I called him a traitor.Right there to his face.My hands were clenched. My knees could only shake. “You were the best of us,”I cried in tears.“The greatest knight to be,Through all these years.” He said not a word.He just gave a blank stare.Did my words mean anything?Did he even care? The city’s in rage.There’s fireContinue reading “I Called Him a Traitor”

I Saw a Pinecone

I saw a pinecone on the roadAnd it made me smileI realized I hadn’t seen one in a while I saw a bird sitting on a branchIt sang a sweet songLike a tune to a romance I saw a flower budding from a weedIt shone like the sunGave pollen to the bees I saw theContinue reading “I Saw a Pinecone”

A Long Way

This week, a solar eclipse occurred. I wasn’t in the path of totality, but you could tell it was happening. The world got steadily darker. It felt almost as if a foreboding plot point in a story was gearing up. The world darkens, then some big ominous thing happens. Yet, at the same time, thereContinue reading “A Long Way”

All-Nighter

When was the last time you pulled an all-nighter? Why did you do it? How did you feel afterwards? The last time I pulled an all-nighter was in the fall of last year. My zoo had to preform an emergency C-section on one of our monkeys. The baby and mother survived, but the mother rejectedContinue reading “All-Nighter”