you thought I wouldn’t make it but look at me now I can ride the wave clouds float under my feet I live with the sun and the moon and they live in me. don’t be mad you can ride too… if you say you’re sorry. © D.L. Lunsford
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Travel Warning: The Man on the Road
Be careful when you’re driving lest you run into the man. While your eyes are on the prize, the man has a plan. His words are smooth for he is cunning, very deceptive. But don’t believe him, your demise is his only objective. Pay attention when you stop at the light, for his moves are […]
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Jasmine Unchained
Flashing blue lights promised justice as the police hauled away the young, handcuffed menace, while his mother’s pleas, a grating sound against the chalkboard of that justice, polluted the air. “You just don’t understand him,” she cried inciting angry protests and hateful glares from her neighbors. “He’s a good boy!” Jasmine, hunched over what was […]
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Advice
Don’t try to fit a circle into a square; If it’s not happening, It’s not there. If you don’t want to do it, Don’t lie Pretending you like it, Giving it a try. Be real with yourself Do you Even when no one agrees, Stay true. You got one life to live, Make it count. […]
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What She Left Behind
It was the end of the day, this was my last stop, and I was ready to go home. She entered the mailroom with a card while I was sorting the mail. She greeted me cordially and asked what to do with the card. I told her I’d take it and received it from her […]
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Sailing on the Sea of Liberty
I remember when I was not free to do what I wanted to do, not free to be who I wanted to be. Weighed down by other’s expectations, Drowning by loved ones hopes; Felt like I was dangling on the end of a rope choking on life as death sought to claim me; Wished I […]
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Madison’s Baby
Whenever he drew near, Madison clutched her baby to her chest. The child was the seed from her womb, but did not come from his loins, so he had no rights to it. It was all hers. He could not understand the love she had for her baby. He did not mourn with her during […]
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The Path Off the Road
Cali could never pride herself with being a person with internal GPS. In fact, she had a tendency of getting lost. But this challenge seemed simple. Her new friends let her out on this road and told her she had one hour to follow it home. They said it was like an initiation; each one […]
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Phones in Bed
On the far side of the bed you scroll through your phone with a thin grin curled up on your mouth. The same mouth that used to talk to me about everything; The same smile I caught watching me while I slept; The same one that watched me undress. Your screen, very bright on your […]
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On My Mind
Thoughts tamped down, but pushing up and swirling in a tunnel; Restless pacing but nowhere to go Wandering in a wilderness pregnant with a message. Congregation: one No one else hears No one else knows. When I go in labor, will there be no room for me in the inn? I will give my baby […]
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D.L. Lunsford's Flight of the Butterfly 