A Shade of Ash # 54 – Still Mountains of Hope

Is it a wish? Is it a dream? Is it a prayer? Is it a gift? To a father at Christmas, she’s all four. – Dad






A Shade of Ash # 53 – I Literary Need Your Help

Folks, I think I might need your help. Let me tell you why. During the last week or so. And, I blame Christmas as it’s only a few weeks from now. But, people have not stopped bringing up in festive conversations that I should publish a children’s book. One very special project of mine in particular with a theme of the before said Christmas.

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Like a Death Warmed Over

twenty-three years
it was placed in a box
dead for you
dead like you
flatlined from any more pain
you left without a scar
as your zombie still chased me
biting
grabbing for me
I barely stay ahead
how dark were those days
where you could not see me
your vision obscured by the disease
your heart blackened by the rot
your eyes staring into some void
like our blood was no longer the same
that smell still comes back to this day
when I’m hungry for memories
some of them are spoiled
no good anymore
they make me sick
like the day I became infected
by you… by that living death

Journal Entry # 252 – Change to Spare

Give a time, take a time. Fall the time. – Ash

Back Arm Trail

when I was young
I took the back arm way home
where the town ended and the forest began
the whole journey protected
by those evergreen trees I shared days with

every step was like a play
knowing the parts by heart, knowing the story to home
running along in places
others stopping for a spell
little legs, lasting time in the in-between moments of my once-life

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A Shade of Ash # 52 – Seek, and you Shall Pine

When I wander, I wonder. When I take the long way, I think the whole day. When I touch the earth, it makes it all worth. – Ash

A Shade of Ash # 51 – Life Poetic

The purpose of my soul is to share it. – Ash






Am I Write? # 51 – My Story Checks Out

When I can’t write, I read. I’ve since been reading, and now I’m writing again. That’s how stories go. – Ash  

A Man Who Walked Through Beads

on the edge of my seat.. bout 6:30
my best behaviour on display
the only way someone else taught me
all the rain had just stopped
as I watched a man walk through beads

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Am I Write? # 50 – Bean There, Wrote That

Coffee shops for me are a mood. Sometimes changing the writing mood can put you in a writing mood. – Ash