Entries by solomonssonnet

How Will

[Editor’s note: Apologies, readers! This story was originally posted with an unknown formatting error that caused only the first line to be displayed, and left the rest of the piece hidden. This issue was not apparent in the final editing process, and only surfaced when the story appeared on the site. It should be fixed […]

Daring to Dream

Mitzy lazed, reading in the park on a rare free afternoon. The clouds meandered past the tops of the pine trees and let the sun peek through to her drooping eyelids. She dreamed of her future husband.  would be a woodsman, climbing high in the trees, looking down through and up her skirt. She smelled […]

Never Let Go

Dharma’s cheek melted through his fleece shirt, her heat penetrating past his shoulder blades almost instantly. Even though John couldn’t see her, he knew her reassuring dimples and the eyes that pierced through her eyelashes like the sun through clouds, straight through his chest to his heart with one look. She clung to him, hearing […]

listen

Is it wrong? As you’re underneath me, I don’t want to hear your voice… I simply don’t want to hear you, as that’ll mean– as I thrust in and out I feel your nightie rise, I can see in my mind, just that much more I crave to feel your breasts struggle to move only […]

In or Out of Body

Stars streak across the sky In her mind, imagining the heat Of something burning so far, Yet so close, Can hear angels breathing, Singing how great thou art She goes back to the white The warmth, the feeling Of being caressed. How each day Flesh is closer to death, yet The spirit is renewed, becoming […]

Water and Waiting

The sound of water leaking from the bathroom faucet roused Amelie from a fitful sleep. She shifted to a cooler spot between the summer-warmed sheets, her nightshirt clinging to her uncomfortably. The hand that rubbed her sleepy face came away damp with sweat, and the smell of it on her pillow reminded her of earlier […]