Tag: christmas
White Boxing Day
Winter Solace
Christmas Eve. A warm, silent snow falls in the darkness of a small prairie town. A town centered with one strip mall, two barbers and three bars surrounded by houses and beyond that, farmland. At this hour, sixty-two year old Henry, single father and the town’s longest serving barber is … Continue Reading Winter Solace
Opening of the Present
minutes, hours, days in full flight clouds flee as the grounded ache frittering upon, clutching the by-gone youthful, carefree, tarnishing memories believing this will change the present a palatable, explicit, desperate yearning eyes-in-the-back-of-their-head forward gander picking numbers, hoping, dreaming anticipation of a moneyed destiny believing this will change the present … Continue Reading Opening of the Present
A Year’s Step from the Darkness
Having a bit of a Wonderful Life moment…
Shadows in light at a distance lay reverie beneath briny waters out of reach a million miles virtually fingered intrinsic worth deemed value allocated by others weight of assets diligence’s recompense lilliputian fragments fettered needs at feet lie no hands to clutch daggered, daggered heart Having a bit of a … Continue Reading Having a bit of a Wonderful Life moment…
Waiting on a Gift (short play from my book of short plays)
In time of anticipation Of what is to be Given In time of wishing For things we Want to Receive In time of wanting Family, home To be Perfect In time It will be (black) In the darkness there is the soft glow from a few Christmas tree lights. They … Continue Reading Waiting on a Gift (short play from my book of short plays)
A hug goes further than an Iphone
The dichotomy of this season: Brings to many joy- sorrow It is for the rest of us / to give not / procured gifts / but gifts of the heart / of the deepest compassion / to others in need Begin with a hug and go from there… More random … Continue Reading A hug goes further than an Iphone
