CAGED: AN EXCERPT FROM 'BROKEN PIECES'
I've been working on my new collection of essays titled Broken Pieces. I've kept a bit quiet about it since I'm going in a new direction. Still nonfiction of course (this IS me after all) but if you've read my first book or blog awhile, you'll know I'm not always the funny girl. I'm not even always snarky. But I am always honest.
However, it's not that much of a departure really, since the themes that always run through my work are men, women, relationships, love, loss, fear, heartbreak — ya know, the usual (oh, come on! I've got to get the snark in somewhere). I write about my own experiences, those of people I know, story ideas, even magazine articles inspire.
I do write poetry in addition to essays and fiction. People seem surprised by that. Maybe cause I live in the OC. 
Here's a small sample:
CAGED
CAGED
The right answer
Turn and walk away
But…his arms so strong
His words caress her soul
She abandons her resolve in his heat.
Unsure how it starts
Found to lost
One day she watches birds fly
On apathetic wings
The next he stands behind her
His hands inside her heart
Damage–her new home
Where she lays her head
Where guilt and lust meet
Still, she cannot leave
His eyes hold her still
You are mine, he tells her
I own you now
She doesn't disagree
Her breath awake
Her skin burns
Real or imagined
His hold on her
His voice, his promises
Of life together
Pieces of her
All he needs.
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