by Heather Parker Encased again a polyester cotton warming my skin as to be hugged or loved demands which I never knew existed in space or time spinning through the glass the single grain of sand falls slowly to the others calling out to join them in their hugged love maybe singular clasp is all humanity needs to feel warmth skin touching skin heavy is the … Continue reading Wanting
Elegy of a Soul
by Heather Parker As the ocean blue sky shadows above me, a cloudless aura wraps me up as the sun is trying to cheer my heart but it won’t touch the darkness I feel. White doves flying free from their cage as if they are flying too somehow capture your soul ascending into the heavens, bringing you back down. Numb, sadness, numb, sadness is all I know how to feel … Continue reading Elegy of a Soul
The Unknown
Short Story by Heather Parker I am awakened by a man in a yellow rain slicker yelling down at me. The sky is a charcoal grey and rain is pouring down around him. I try to open my eyes and look at his face but every time I do the drops splatter, drenching my … Continue reading The Unknown
Feeling
By Heather Parker Tonal ash colored horizon heave the hardship of realizations. Gray stained thickness engulfs my poisoned corpse. Branches crooked like fingers encase me in a vine ridden tomb. Dark decaying timbers hollow from within. Catastrophic desolation plunges the soul in peril. What would happen to us if we decided to love more? Our … Continue reading Feeling
Liquid Pain
Small stream of sharp pains like a knife slicing through the warm flesh of your fingerA drop that is silent yet so loud with the sounds of anguish and uncertaintyPooling of liquid just waiting to drown the rage and suffering trying to be freedCan I awaken from the torment that flows?Water.Wet.Hurt.Pain.It is as if the … Continue reading Liquid Pain
Memory
by Heather Parker Visual perception beholdinghues of orange, yellow, and redglow engulfing thisexpanse is opaque, takingin what can’t be said. The aroma of foliage tall textured maple, oaka wave, thickness oforange, yellow, and redafterglow of immersive light. Dishonorable barrier in themiddle of tall row housesa black decay of iron rodsand incarnate souls who laymarble chunk … Continue reading Memory
Poem- Broken
If only you could see…The pain you have caused me.If only I could hear…The sound of sorry that is sincere.My whole life you made me believe…That I am not in control of me.You are out of fellowship with me is all I have ever heard….How I feel pain from a word.You took an innocent child … Continue reading Poem- Broken
Sleep Little One by Heather Parker
Oh my sweet little one As I watch you sleep My heart is overjoyed A moment I want to keep You are safe and calm As I hold you close Forever your mom You even have my nose Your peacefulness radiates Your calmness is true Your future awaits I hope I see it through I … Continue reading Sleep Little One by Heather Parker
Let It Be
Why does our mind try to reason with itself? Or somehow it feels the pain? Can we put our feelings on a shelf? Or do our tears continue down the drain? Torment from our mind and soul It never seems to rest Where is the end of this deepening hole My mind says get this … Continue reading Let It Be
Poem – Silhouette
Silhouette When I see myself in the mirror My reflection is distorted I wish the silhouette could be clearer But my feelings were unsupported — The pain inside goes way to deep I try to bury it and keep going But the triggers make me weep I dont want the scars to keep showing — Somedays … Continue reading Poem – Silhouette
Heather’s Muse 