2010 - Winter - Haunted

The story of a man unable to let go.

Why couldn’t Chase just embrace the events that occurred between him and Xander and let that be it? Why did he have to analyze every damn thing?

Ilaria fell almost instantly. The shining towers and towering ramparts of her walls proved useless, and the sinews of the great Knights of Ilarus were shattered under the demon's attack. Etral Et Ilaria must live with the consequences of that failure, though he would give so very much to give up the burden.

We all have regrets in our pasts, we've all made mistakes. Sometimes they haunt us. What if we were truly able to change those mistakes?

There are people in this world who choose to be haunted by the demons of the past. They are the people who shackle those demons upon their body.

The Birth of The Time Travellers and The Everlasting War. Light VS Dark. And the ghost of the ginger haired boy reflecting upon the one thing that created his shame. Or was he really ashamed of it?

He was never alone. Rage against that which torments him has broken him completely. His fate is decided.

He had left his old life behind. At least, that was what he thought. He didn’t realize that his memories were just locked up in some dark chamber of his brain.

Haunted by the memory of someone I've never met.

A life is a song and the past, future and present often sing different lyrics. But, the melody haunts all three.

2010 Gay Authors Reader's Choice Awards

Best Poem Co-Winner