'You never listen.' Glisten. The sun dancing on the water. 'You're never there.' Dare. The cold water round his ankles. 'I've been having an affair.' Stare. A line of rocks breaking the water in the distance. 'The children will stay with me.' Free. His body weightless in the water. 'I want you out.' Doubt. Arms … Continue reading GLISTENING WAVES
The insults poured from their mouths like dark water cascading in a torrent, tumbling on top of him and those he loved. The more they beat him down, the more determined he was to stand up. In the end, like the rocks worn down by years of abuse from a waterfall, he could take the … Continue reading TORRENT OF ABUSE
He watched the black mass moving through the dawn sky. Backlit by the sun's orange-yellow glow, the sweeping and swooping birds danced in uniformity. It was, he mused, a stunning example of the beauty that could be found in the world. But not for him. For him, beauty in life had ended. There was only … Continue reading A MURMUR
Can you hold up a mirror to yourself and say that you are entirely innocent? That you are not in some way to blame? That was the thought that had brought Dominic out onto the street. He hadn't been the one shouting, taunting, calling her the names: 'Fatty', 'Chunk', 'Porky.' He hadn't laughed while watching … Continue reading MIRROR, MIRROR
Their own quiet spot: the water brown from the muddy bed; the beach a mixture of sand and silt; the tree that grew out horizontally from the water's edge before curving up towards the heavens. It was here they had first stolen away together, away from the group of friends hanging around the park in … Continue reading THEIR TRANQUIL PLACE
