“We can take it out,” said the doctor, “but we’ll have to put a new one in after the wedding. So, it’s up to you.” Lucia shook her head, fighting back tears. “I’ll keep it,” she had said. Having the nasal gastric tube inserted down her windpipe to her stomach had been a horrible experience. She had no wish to repeat it. So, there she was. The day of her sister, Maria’s wedding. And she was showing up with a Goddamn tube r...

Noelia had not had a good day. There had been needle after needle to sink in, and she’d even had to catheterize one poor lad. She’d had the sounds of children crying and screaming all day on the pediatric ward and today it had got to her. Just…the endless battle against suffering that never seemed to end, the stream of sick and injured kids…She was considering quitting, or at least transferring from pediatric nursing, but...

Many hours I've sat and searched, Trying to find, That special phrase, That'll help me explain, Those feelings unspoken, So terrifying; so thrilling, Each night I lie awake, Trying to think of what to say.   How you must consider me a fool, That simply can't say, What's in my heart, A three word phrase, why is that so hard? Surely you've noticed, I've tried so many times, Seems I always end up, Hiding behind my hair, I wo...

  Snuggling happily with her, as I hold her hand   Happiness and insecurities both filling my mind I smile but silently wander a lonely wasteland Her loving words to me, yet I feel left behind   As I look into her eyes, my heart beats swift I love her intensely but yet a secret I must remain With a happy heart and a sadden mind, I feel adrift I have her attention so maybe I shouldn't complain   I always celebrate love lou...

I sat at my desk feeling sick. It was not just the lies and cheating, but Kathy was a completely different person than the woman I thought I knew. She would be returning from her run and I couldn't face her. I don't know if I would scream or cry or what, but I couldn't do it. I had to get out. I ended up at a diner, nursing a cup of coffee and my growing anger.  I wanted to hurt her. Maybe she would come home to find all...

By the time Kathy returned from her run, I had calmed down. I think I did a passable job of pretending that I hadn't just watched a spy camera video of her being vigorously fucked by an enormous meaty cock that was connected to her ostensibly gay friend. We actually had a pleasant day. She couldn't know that every time I looked at her, the pictures that were passing through my mind were both the most painful - and at the...

I awoke the next morning after a night of intense lucid dreams with no recollection of how I had ended up in my own bed. All I remembered was venting my unmet desire to get laid with a quick, loveless wank. It took me a while to realize Emily had come to my room to wake me up. She was gently rubbing my cheek with the back of her hand when she spoke, “Rise and shine, sleepyhead. Breakfast is ready?” I looked at her through...

When I woke up the next morning, I first had to recall where I was and how I had ended up there. The environment seemed familiar, yet unusual. That was until I vaguely remembered I was lying on the living room couch—alone. Drowsy as I was I tossed and turned a bit until my face came to rest on Emily's pillow. Unconsciously, I hugged the pillow and dug my nose into it to catch her smell which set just a few butterflies in...

Moonlight reflected in smiling ripples that formed a silver pathway stretching to the horizon. The night turned her telescope around on me, belittled me, shrank me into inconsequentiality. Out here, on an endless ocean beneath an infinite sky, I was no longer an I, was not even a dot on an i. I was nothing. No matter how hard I tried, I was still nothing. And yet, somehow, I could be anything. The vastness freed me, liber...