Thornton Sully, CEO of A Word With You Press, saw me at one of his writer’s group dinners, and became my friend and mentor, even to the point of prophetically telling me that my husband was “just around the corner.” Now that’s a tale for another day.
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The following was pulled from my submission, which was from writing I did about two years ago for Kingdom Writers Association. There’s a germ of a story in the words working its way somewhere.
My ill-used hips in chocolate leather, my scalding throat, fire red, Emerald jewels of emotion, scarves of scars. She was always on the cutting edge, dressed to kill.
No.
Dressed to hurt.
The knock didn’t sound normal, so I knew.
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| Thorn & Me – The Day He Saw the Book |
I didn’t come here to shine
I just happen to be able to fly
My leaves bear fruit while they cry
Fruits of remembrance
Fruits of learning
Fruits of time
This is not I
This is part I
This in part I
This impart I
Winged creature fly
Dragon
Fly
Dragonfly
This is I
This is why