Nice try
My warm thoughts will never be enough. Good intentions are futile, in these sorry years. Spread the love, they said. Spread the joy… But it seems my action always come out short. At least… I tried. I tried….
Category: stories
Mountain man… (Part two)
Previously posted May 27th 2016. You were standing in the living room. -You are not coming. You stayed still. No twitch, no pouting, not even the beginning of a question as to why I didn’t want you to tag along. To say the truth, I probably would have been disapointed in your lack of…… Continue reading Mountain man… (Part two)
Loving Her Differently – Notthedane56
I asked her what she needed wanted, she wanted me to love her differently The need speaking her mind with me really wanting to comply making me turn the bed around thus, 90 degrees…. So little effort, to save our relationship with This piece is the work of Notthedane56. You can find…… Continue reading Loving Her Differently – Notthedane56
She Loved The Way – Notthedane56
What he did how he did it took her away from this life this existence, the stories, he told and how he told them how those people lived how those people loved, She wrapped her arms around the dream the one she longed for the one, he offered her if only he knew if…… Continue reading She Loved The Way – Notthedane56
Every Last Detail – Notthedane56
Her car, her life I was just on the sidelines a grease monkey trapped in a cage, waiting for her to toss me a banana, She chose instead to toss me her keys “Fix it” she said “Wash and wax it, do your finest work, then we’ll talk about your payment” Even a grease…… Continue reading Every Last Detail – Notthedane56
What I Was Not – Notthedane56
Photographs old occupying space reminding me of what I was not, when I younger was, Hidden was she around the corner, the edge the photograph hidden denying herself participation denying the fact to be preserved in my memories, Lovers were we not an obvious choice a fact, a reality hidden to others denying myself…… Continue reading What I Was Not – Notthedane56
A Rule of Thumb – Notthedane56
Measuring the response -the actual distance between what I thought she said, and what she thought I meant led to a discussion, of sorts Confusion between us the normal chain of events, leading to one being mad, the other sad wanting desperately to speak the same language, but lacking a usable dictionary between us,…… Continue reading A Rule of Thumb – Notthedane56
Choose a Color – Notthedane56
She asked me when the water, ready was a pool, ripples along the edges with colors, lacking, “Choose a color one of your favorites I won’t influence, what how, why you’ve chosen what it means, how it feels,” My color, my choice as if my life, my love upon it, depended Made me wonder…… Continue reading Choose a Color – Notthedane56
Christmas spirit – #1MinFiction
Watching the hordes of people walking in and out of the mall from afar, she considered throwing her gift list away and running out of the country… “Why don’t they just allow people to carry a baseball bat?” she wondered… Christmas spirit my a**! This is my second attempt at Monday’s One-minute Fiction prompt, hosted…… Continue reading Christmas spirit – #1MinFiction
She Dared Me, I Dared Not – Notthedane56
“Wouldn’t you like to kiss me”, she teased. She batted her eyelashes and leaned over the counter showing me, well showing the better side of her argument, Her boyfriend, 6 foot 11 all brute and brawn, ready to snap my matchstick body in two, No way, say I, No way! “You’ve thought about…… Continue reading She Dared Me, I Dared Not – Notthedane56
Cyranny's Cove 