Home Sweet Heartache

Taken by me winter of 2007
Everything is worse in the single digit hours when she should be sleeping but her brain won’t turn off. She instead reminds herself of how frost crystals can look like diamonds shining in streetlights and marvels at how many stars she can see when there are no lights. [...]

December 14th, 2009 by Scarlet Lotus St. Syr
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The Day & Parting: The End of the Beginning

from ArTeTeTrA
Chances are I’ll see you
Somewhere in my dreams tonight
You’ll be smiling like the night we met
Chances are I’ll hold you and I’ll offer
All I have”
-Chances Are
This is the fifth and final installment from my NYC/DC trip continued from The Beginning: New York City, The (Un)conference: Getting to D.C. & Sex 2.0, The Meeting: Kissing [...]

June 17th, 2009 by Scarlet Lotus St. Syr
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Five Things

…that make me constantly and undeniably happy.
In no particular order.

Two hour phone calls about nothing and everything that feel like they only spanned fifteen minutes.
Exchanging “I love you” in a mumbled half-asleep state while snuggled perfectly.
Silences when we have nothing to say, but aren’t awkward or uncomfortable, just there enjoying the others’ company.
Meeting for lunch [...]

April 3rd, 2009 by Scarlet Lotus St. Syr
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Microfantasy Monday – Morning

The idea behind Microfantasy Mondays comes from Ang of Sweltering Celt.
This week’s theme: A perfect lazy morning.
Too-bright sunlight offends my eyes as I blink in the late morning light.
Letting out a soft groan I stretch and roll over onto my back reaching over to find his hand I clutch it to my chest before my [...]

March 23rd, 2009 by Scarlet Lotus St. Syr
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