by Jan Toomer | Jul 6, 2015 | Poetry and Prose
I took two steps and stopped. Something inside my chest shifted… then cracked and shattered. I began crying…hard. I tell God that I think I just broke me…I’m broken and that I don’t know what to do about it. I feel as if someone grabbed me and shook me, they’d hear...
by Jan Toomer | Jul 6, 2015 | Jan Toomer's Articles, Poetry and Prose
The Twin Towers had burned. Men’s minds became numb as death tolls had mounted. Then men’s hearts burned with fury. Has healing actually occurred, or did we just make hearts of stone? – – – A blast from the past. My thoughts after the one year...
by Jan Toomer | Feb 13, 2014 | Jan Toomer's Articles, Poetry and Prose
Soldier I am afraid my nightmares will escape. Afraid to sleep, for they may break the delicate barriers. Sounds, sights, memories…unwelcome, unbidden. How can I keep them from touching my family? How can I remove the stain on my soul where evil had touched? They are...
by Jan Toomer | Jan 14, 2013 | Poetry and Prose
We Are the Zombies I had a dream. A restless dark dream. A telling dream. For years I begged people to pay attention… To take responsibility. The words mainly unheard. I had a dream… a telling dream. People ignored the horrors building around them… People waited for...
by Jan Toomer | May 6, 2012 | Guest Writers, Poetry and Prose
by Dragon Spirit I am the wind in your face The color of space I make your heart race I am the raging storm The lover torn Power, fear, love and hate I hold in my hands many fates I sit quietly in wait Hoping soon you’ll open your heart To receive the wisdom I may...
by Jan Toomer | Aug 3, 2010 | Guest Writers, Poetry and Prose
by Dragon Spirit Holy crap! What was that? Black & white streaking past my sight Laughing and giggling in pure delight. Flash, zip whir and blur. Here we go again! All I see is stripes and such, Hear laughter and giggling, It’s just too much. Where have I seen you...
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