Musings from a slightly sagacious sideline bloomer with a love of words and whimsy…
They were hunched over the fire: cutthroats, thieves, rapists... all indulging in the heady brew of strong ale and their winter plunder. The thrall set his eyes on one of them, a hulking brute that tore into the juicy rump of its kill. The warrior's tusks was glistening from the fat that dripped from the … Continue reading Freeze
She stared at the wreckage of the once proud ship, now impaled by the protuding rocks of the sheer cliffside. It rose like a wall of pikes, awaiting the unfortunate charge of tidal destriers that triumphed over these waters. And here, one of them had made its grave; its life snuffed out in one tragic … Continue reading Bait
Pain. Agony. His torment was sealed in the torn musculature pulled by the cement-like mud through which he waded. The rains had been plentiful. The wetland was a merciless force of torture... dragging his dreary movements two steps back for every one he planted forward. He was swallowed again and again by the sloshy footholds … Continue reading Mindless
He stumbled amid the shifting obscurity of twisted shadowy boles. His breath was ragged with exhuastion; deep, violent intakes of air bathed his lungs in the suffocating fear of the feverish night. He felt his heart clawing to be released; the rising palpitations unleashing a pounding beast that could no longer be confined by the … Continue reading Ring
Legend has it that once there were three deities who were the cradle to the nature of humanity: Memory, Passion and Reason. Reason, the youngest of the three, was muse to the weavings of logic. She was garbed in the calm composure of her temperament, and her thinking was measured and refined. Poised and pragmatic, … Continue reading The Myth of the Courtship of Wisdom
Ways of the Wallflower 