#powerful-story

"A Moment Before Impact [10w] The deer's eyes were moonstones, reflecting back my car's headlights."

"The Downside of Stuff {Couplet) I got what I want;I have what I need.But they want what I have,and they'll make me bleed."

"Flood of Feeling {Couplet} A flood of feeling is a poem,created from daydreaming in the zone.The levees break, emotions snake,from imagination's ocean who sets the stakes."

"The Flood that Did Not Subside [10w] What would today's world be,If Noah's dove flew into obscurity?"

"Expectation [10w] Eyes that see with expectation lieby not querying, 'Why."

"Taste [10w] + [10w] "If you have sophisticated taste, you like what I like.If you're a Neanderthal, you will love what I hate."

"Mint Julep {Couplet} I've had more than a hint of a tulip or two,after treating them to a mint julep, or two."

"Love Fades [10w] Like our love,Chinese painters show distance in faded grays."

"Enmity Enmity is the soul of shit."

"Cleverness vs. Crime [10w] Being caught's the only difference between cleverness and crime."

"Jealousy [10w] Jealousy's like being reprimanded for a crime you haven't committed."

"Proof Proof of God's existence is as silly as proof of love's."

"Money [10w] The root of all evil has a well earned reputation."

"Hung [10w] Being caught with your pants down is a hanging offense."

"Object of Desire A woman knows she's the object of a unknown man's desirelike a game animal becoming aware it is being looked at."

"Plant vs. Harvest [10w] Any fool can harvest but it takes true skill to plant."

"The Great Blue of the Great Blue A Great Blue whale mourns her hunted mate.Her heart, once the size of an SUV,lonely rides the empty sea,her heart's now withered to subcompact class,her whys and wherefores, run out of gas."

"God May Grant Your Wishes Daily [10w] Pray for sunshine at night and moonbeams when you wake."

"The Tigger Journals [10w] "Honestly, I'd rather be alone than with that unbearable Winnie-the-Pooh."

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."