If you haven’t owed a library fine at least once in your life, you’re not
prose
Non-verbal
I’ve adjectived up my life so much I forgot how to be simple and plain
Paying the price
Wisdom is expensive — paid in life and years.
Demurrer
A smile is the best defense against this offensive world.
Caution
Carelessness doesn’t bounce; it shatters.
Duet
Let your fear dance with courage — and let courage lead.
Agone
Love stabs at loss with pangs of past happiness.
Imperceptible
Under the giving snow blossoms a daring spring.
Fallen youth
my body’s lifelong dance with gravity
has turned to wrestling match
Winter rest
The earth tucked herself in for the year with winter’s frosty white blanket
Personal injury
Sometimes a relationship can hobble along for years with an injured leg
Reduced visibility
A bad attitude is a fog over your whole body.
Belly laughs
When laughter feasts, sadness starves.