August | 2018 | Fawn Rising

Surrender

So it is my belief that I am chosen by my Higher Power to be a deeply grateful seeking freedom traveler desiring to be rid of an alcohol use disorder along with suicidal ideations possibly caused by bariatric surgery at fifty years of age though no one knew at the time A blackout drinker with […]

Tiny Shillelagh & The Writer

I was born here, on Crystal Lake, Florida, United States of America, Earth ~ My name is Tiny Shillelagh. I am a splinter. I am part of a large familial community of splinters. We live all together as part of a stair railing in an old cobbled-together lake place overlooking a clear freshwater lake. […]

Surprising Humanity

My life thus far has been filled with sheer wonderment. Animals, humans, happenings, and a few moments of harshness litter my years of life on earth. I live on a freshwater lake with a patchwork cottage, writing children’s books. It is glorious. My Service Dog, Ti Amo (Italian for “I deeply love you!”) is one special […]

Hard-Pressed Gilded Hearts

Textured torn victories Remotely swaying in the curious breeze Of oft-repeated lullabies Aimed at the sore soul of desire The starving ravaged leaves of trees too troubled to bloom by a heart broken too many times to be healed Yet time… can it heal all? We only know to wait Hum Wallow and bequeath the […]

Maybe. Maybe Not.

Does there ever ever ever Come a time When it all makes sense? The relationships Marriages Divorces Beatings Cascading tears Smells of blood Squeals of joy Violence blocking sensuality Without a single cry. A dead baby in her arms as she breathes her life into his little lungs Years before a live baby is pulled from […]