Writer. Gothic Soul. Woodland Spirit.
Burnout fills the air like humidity I pluck my shirt's fabric from my sticky skin Try to stay presentable Hold it together, hold it all in Pull my hair back smooth and sleek Keep a composed smile, cheek to cheek But I think it would be nice To let it all go and run outside... Continue Reading →
Mismatched and slapdash A little of this, a little of that Zebra stripes, cheetah print, or plaid Muted colors or a bold palette, Offset with lots of black The strange collections I own From antique photos in sepia tones To horror decor, filling my home There's more to the story Than what I've shown Blame... Continue Reading →
Our ramshackle life, cobbled together With whatever blessings we've gathered, Beaten and weathered But comfortable and warm Broken in but not broken down And yours is the only face I see And yours, the only voice I need To reassure me To feel securely That I've done something worthwhile In this twisted, strange meanwhile And... Continue Reading →
Draw me out of this muffling cloud Place my feet on solid, if rocky, ground Remind me that peace makes a sound Like the hush of bedsheets drifting down Like dried autumn leaves falling earthbound To this playground of angels and hellhounds Like your voice in the morning The only one I'd recognize in this... Continue Reading →
In the secondhand shop book section I open the front covers, looking for inscriptions Written with love, books given as gifts For birthdays or chosen from Christmas lists It breaks my heart to see these books given away Lingering on the shelves in this limbo of a place Did the previous owners downsize? Or did... Continue Reading →
We have only one Earth, ours to share and repair, to keep clean and green, to maintain so it will sustain generations to come of every species and breed. All these need a safe place to call home to survive, thrive, and grow. For World Environment Day, coming up on June 5th.
From up here the Earth looks cold Though that's not necessarily true It's summertime in half the world But that little planet looks frosty white and blue From our vantage point on the moon In establishing our lunar colony We had to be selective In what we brought with us Holidays take on a different... Continue Reading →
Adjust the tracking on the VCR To get rid of those staticky lines There are two different speeds For fast forward and rewind You can skip the commercials From when this movie was taped off TV In December of 1993 I'll sit through them; I want to see What the world looked like In the... Continue Reading →
Dear family and friends and all those others I send a letter and a Christmas card to each year, though it's sometimes hard to remember how I know you, but I thought you'd like to hear how awesome my life has been since the last Christmas letter I sent I'm so happy now that you... Continue Reading →
We horror kids know how to celebrate Mixing Christmas with Halloween Skulls and crossbones on our cozy sweaters They look festive; they're red and green Our favorite holiday tradition Is telling Christmas ghost stories We don't hold back the scares But we don't make them too gory Without Nightmare Before Christmas Our holiday season wouldn't... Continue Reading →
Michelle Wicklow 