Cheryl

I AM A HUMMINGBIRD

I shut my eyes and I feel my wings flap at the speed of light. My eyes are made so the air doesn’t dry them out. I zig zag around making a wonderful buzzing sound. As I see the perfect bloom and chirp with delight, I soar down to it’s sweet nectar and stick my long sharp beak down i...

She lie in bed alone. Wondering if he was thinking of her. She gathered her hair off of her neck and rolled over on her side and looked at the clock. She couldn’t see it. She probably needed to go back to the eye doctor. She would make an appointment today. She leaned over and got closer to the LED n...

It was a cold blustery morning. She started her new life. Away from the negativity of her husband. Away from her computer. Away from all that she inherently knew. She sat Indian style on her bed that wasn’t hers. She knew her husband was happier without her. She knew she was happier in her new life. ...

It was a fantastic late summer morning. Olive grabbed her cup of coffee and went to the front porch swing. She loved the mornings. They were always filled with the hope and promise of a new day. She listened to the sounds of the birds singing all the while looking for that perfect bug or seed. She co...

“Olive, why do you have a box full of rotten peaches sitting on the kitchen table?” Zelda asked

“They’re not rotten,” Olive said putting her favorite apron on, “They’re just overripe.”

Zelda poked her face in the cardboard crate filled with soft peaches

“They look rotten.”

“You know,” Olive said pointin...

As she sat in her window watching the rain pelt the glass, she took a sip of her tea and thought of Him. She missed Him. She missed seeing Him on her screen. She missed His picture and His words.

She’d had better days and she had days where she felt utterly hopeless.

“He’s a piece of shit,” her best ...

Kirby! Where is my other cycling shoe??” Olive yelled from inside her closet

“I don’t know!” he yelled up the stairs, “Where did you last leave it?”

“If I knew where I left it, I wouldn’t be asking you where it is!” she said getting a little testy

Olive adjusted herself. Cycling shorts were obviously cr...

As she swung her legs off of the bed, she looked over at her lover while he slept. He was young, stunning, cocky and really good at making love. Her hair was mussed, her bra strap hung off of her shoulder.

She looked around the room and thought of what had transpired. She smiled to herself putting he...

“Kirby! Are you coming??” Olive asked at least 20 steps in front of her husband

“yes,” he answered irritated

“He’s going to tee off and we’re going to miss it!” she said backtracking to where Kirby was

“Then we’ll catch him on the next hole.”

That wasn’t good enough in Olives mind. She pursed her lips t...