He saw the giant shadow, magnified onto clouds miles away, with the sun behind the person creating a halo of angelic appearance. He didn’t expect the walking on water, though.

From a true childhood story…

“We do not use the menorah like that,” Grandma said.

“But I need a little more light over here by the window so I can read,” the granddaughter countered.

“Those eight shamash are holy and not to be used for reading but for worship – besides carrying them around like that can be dangerous – so set them down and leave it be,” Grandma returned.

“I’m being careful – besides what could happen that makes them so dangerous?” the granddaughter asked as she accidentally set the drapes in the living room ablaze.

The home was a total loss.

He writes:

I lay in the rain
Under her open window
Her tears wet and warm

She responds:

She is comforted
This flowing liquid pain falls
I feel your presence

It woke her up, that glow.

His.

Spontaneous human combustion is real, as real as a broken heart.

While standing outside to bask in the glow of the Winter Solstice, I found myself aboard an alien spacecraft. They want to know how to make eggnog.

I asked, “Have you tried Google?”

Their dark, almond-shaped eyes remain unblinking as they look a one another.

Donald Trump is the second president to be impeached for humiliating Hillary Clinton.

“I am a god,” hissed Snake.

“So profound,” howled Coyote.

Raven cawed, “Do not encourage him!”

I wish I could show you.
That when you are lonely,
When you are in darkness.
The light in your being.

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His demon, though hushed, are never fully silent. Calm they may be, the legion will wait patiently for a reason to act. Unnoticed, they take a hellish breath and crawl into his ear. This is where they whisper to him until he listens and believes, “You are no good.”

At 77, Henry’s mind started to go. Alzheimer’s. It was the first anyone heard of his childhood friend William. They used to wrestle till one day their lips touched. Henry beat William half-to-death proving to his other friends what he wasn’t. Eventually, Henry forgot his wife and his daughter’s names, but William remained pressed on his lips to the end.