The airport terminal was crowded and noisy as Ray stood at the conveyor and waited for his bag to come around, jostling with the others that waited impatiently as the baggage carousel churned slowly. He kept his head down as he tried to avoid the cameras and kept an eye out for the security guards posted by the foyer. Concerned that he stood out in his denim jacket and sneakers while everyone around him wore heavy coats o...

A soulmate is not found Within a Hallmark cardNor can you pick one upAt the store when times are hard. You can scour all of TinderAnd you may never swipe rightOne cannot be ordered onlineNope, no soulmate in sight. Let us not kid ourselvesInto thinking you can easily findThe person that is yours The one that reads your mind. You can check all the local pubsHe may never offer you a drinkOr try enrolling in a college classB...

Love has eluded meall my lifelike a seriesof broken promisesLonging fora woman's touchupon this fragile bodybruised by evil mindsEyes that swellforming teardropsthat could fill an oceanspread across the worldWords spokenby someleaving invisible marksupon this tortured soulMy heart dimsthe shining light dampens downthe last glimmer of life withinsoon to erase my existenceLeaving but a last hopeone simple wish to fulfillsha...

My heartbroken by so many princessestorn out of my cheststamped upon time and time againBeaten into submissiona lifeless soul left behindin hope one daythat one true love will fix meMy manliness belittledby so many vicious wordsleaving invisible marksupon this wounded frail bodyLocked inside this prison cellmy own mind createdto protect me of my true innocencein this world of cruel hatredTears spread like oceansvast acros...

My body achesScreaming insideSearching for that missing thingA human touchThat feel of a woman's handTouching my manly skinContact from anotherUpon this lonely soulI've searched for so longIn hope of finding someoneWho'll look upon meWith eyes of true sincerityNot see the disabilityThat I hide with such shameOr the lack of self-confidenceIn my daily struggle to surviveI want what others haveSomeone in this life I liveTo h...

A feeling inside causes my fingers to gently quiverA search for a deeper connection with someone, anyoneTo have actual physical contact with anotherMy manly rough skin still awaiting to be caressed, or even touchedA heart inside that beats irregularMissing that singular extra thumpHanded to me by another, to protect and watch overLips that have never been kissed, in any show of deep affectionA fire still burns within my v...

I find myself aloneA King, sat on his lonely throneContinuing to sit and prayThat she will arrive one dayA woman whose lips I can kissA memory to forever reminisceA body to hold close to my ownInstead of feeling cold and aloneTo hold my precious heart in her handsA woman who cares and understandsTo offer love and compassion till the endA broken heart, I'd hope she would mendTo send out a thousand doves into the skyTo catc...

For too long, I've hungered for itThat sense of accomplishmentThe feel of the unknown I still awaitOnly found locked in my own wild imaginationTo not hang my head, or hideNot be timid like a mouseThat sense of purpose we all exist forThat feeling of confidence I suffer badly withinI've waited, and stood hidden in plain sightTo search for that single personSomeone special who would offer me what I needAn understanding of w...

Spring will come and go, Summer and autumn too, Winter will roll around, I'll still be looking out for you, Everything I do, I do in pursuit of you. The sun will rise and fall, The tides will go high and low, People will laugh and cry, With every day that goes by, Every moment I see, My eyes will search for you. I may have lost you once, But I won't lose you again, I'm gonna capture your heart, Until the very end, My love...

This is for all of my Lush Friends and Followers who thought that my last story wasn’t “wham-bam!” enough… It had been over twenty years since I took the badge out of my wallet and hung up my gunbelt for the last time. But, every once in a while, I’d forget that I no longer had “diplomatic immunity” behind the wheel of a car. In those instances, I was always able to talk my way out of the speeding ticket that I rightly de...