“Gratitude”
“She felt divinity speaking to her, whispering from the mouths of the tiny creatures and singing from the beaks of songbirds. Somehow, she had opened the cover of the great book of life and could now see all the wondrous pictures and messages contained within it. Her heart throbbed with gratitude and awe as she […]
Continue reading“The Ganges”
“Her feet led her to the sacred Ganges. There was a walkway above the river, dotted at regular intervals by mushroom-shaped concrete umbrellas painted in the colors of the national flag. She saw twin pink towers with railed belvederes and boats painted in that same cotton-candy color. Ghats, or stairways, led down from the walkway […]
Continue reading“The Cloud”
“Lucinda stared up at the sky. A gigantic, solid mass of shell-pink cloud stretched across three quarters of the firmament, billowing like a baby’s covering blanket. The edge of the huge cloud was curled up, scroll-like. The surface of the formation was completely smooth, not in the least ruffled. A wonderful sense of peace and […]
Continue reading“The Rocky Shrine”
“When Lucinda finally opened her eyes, it was deep night. The stars overhead shone multitudinous. There were so many that they resembled snowflakes of varying size and brilliance raining down onto the mountains, almost as if a cosmic snow globe had been shaken and its contents left to settle. In the center of the sky, […]
Continue reading“Mystical Lake: Part 3”
“The moon above them had lost its fringe, and marveled at them openly like an unblinked eye in the heavens. The palely pink vertical of the exclamation point softly penetrated their breasts like the wand of a celestial goddess. They felt the water between their buttocks, in their vulvas and navels, under their arms, and […]
Continue reading“Mystical Lake Part 2”
“They arrived at a small cove, which was really more a scallop in the bank of the lake, around which a semicircle of bushes had grown up. The water here was shallow near the shore. Sophia began to undress, lifting the kingfisher-blue, lizard-laden blouse over her head, pulling down her jeans, and sliding out of […]
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