Thank you, Gary, for picking up on those warm waking moments in the night when one is deeply aware of love and hope. You’re most kind in your comments. I’m glad you liked these.
You and I share these experiences, though our neighborhoods and roofs were different. I’m glad I could bring them back to you, too. Thank you so very much for reading these and letting me know what you thought.Thank you so very much for reading these and letting me know what you thought.
I can well imagine your characterization of rain’s interaction with night. But it has been gentle here, though quite persistent. Thanks so much for reading these, and for taking time to comment.
Fireflies - and yes, I called them lighting bugs, too - fascinate me. I could spend a whole night watching a field full of them. You are so very kind to comment on these little summer scenes. I'm very grateful.
This makes me so very sad. It amazes me how awful people can be. I understand people fall out of love, but how can one fall so far away from one's own children?
Fireflies
dance with midsummer’s moon
in a field of silvered buttercups,
like fragments of lightning calling one another
in delight to be freed from thunder
too grave for warm darkness
and romance.
Beloved,
your name is on my lips
in the hours when starlight shines brightest,
when sweetest dreams caress consciousness to waking
and shadows reconstruct the known world
into gentle mornings
filled with hope.
I’m sad because Keegan is clearly in for a heartbreak. Hunter isn’t caught up in the infatuation, isn’t interested in anything more than the sex. You’ve shown us very well that Hunter is embarrassed about Keegan. I fear it will end it tears.
These evolving multidimensional relationships are so true to the web of life. People are complicated; their lives will be too. My heart breaks for Markus, smiles for Kent, and worries over Tad, Nate and Chris. That you can do all this shows your gifts as a writer.
What an amazing graduation and send off! Thank you for bringing us into CJ’s life, and into the life of so many who crossed his path. You have given me and the rest of us so much in these tales.
This is such a wonderful story. It’s romantic, and impossible to stop reading. On a day that it is raining and cold, its sunny outlook warms this reader through and through.
Tom is such a long suffering man, one of the legions of us who can’t ever manage to say “no.” It’s a valuable thing occasionally, especially when we need someone. But sometimes that trait can get us into trouble, can’t it?
This is such a sweet, romantic story. These characters aren’t the only ones who were hooked. You reeled me in like an expert, and you didn’t have to use very exotic lure either. It’s a really beautiful story. Thank you.