Cherry

Arena

A man finds a way out of his midlife crisis.

The Prize

To brace the winds of desert sands To hold your spirit within my hands To tame the tongue that wounds so vast To bury guilt for things now past To understand our see-through world
Cherry

Rehab 101: An Intro to seeking help for being crazy in a crazy world

Opinions/advice to those who are thinking of entering a drug/depression rehabilitation program for the first time. Things I wish I had known the first time I went to rehab.

A PROUD SON OF FRED story

His heart hammers. His fingers clench. His knees have springs. His legs feel bouncy like a rubber ball.

A PIECE OF CAKE story

Why do grownup cry? he wondered. Good thing he was a big kid.

AN ANGEL'S FRIENDSHIP story

"I'll catch you," the Cygnet said. Little did he know the angel who came here would change his life forever.

Dear Seb

When I think of all we are, and what we could’ve been The past appears so far, like coral beneath the sea And whilst my heart is broken, From my last love: undecided

Red Converse

The sole tells a story that words cannot tell The road that you trod leaves its mark on your shoe As you left a mark in your stead Laces like your lifeline wind and weave through punctures
Cherry

Tassology

She was a tassologist, she explained. ‘I am not here to tell you your fortunes. I’m here to teach you to read your own tea leaves.’

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