Daniel C. Roche
Laughter is an Acceptable Form of Healing
By Daniel Craig Roche I do not know what I feel, but I know it isn’t happiness. Innocence beaten. Innocence raped. Innocence murdered. The runt of a litter. Drowned in a bucket of water. An act performed by a local farmer. The pain of a first (probably last) time parent. Recently [...]
12Jun2012 | admin | 2 comments | ContinuedSouls
By Daniel Craig Roche Meaningful gifts let you know I care, but it wasn’t good enough for you I lay awake at night, but you don’t come home. What is a man supposed to do? What was I supposed to do? What am I supposed to be? Now that you are gone. [...]
12Jun2012 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedLunacy Death
By Daniel Craig Roche Back in the days when your heart beat to the tune of your youthful dreams. When deep inside you knew you were destined to achieve great things. All the negativity and all the naysayer’s could be pushed aside as easily as a curtain, and every time that curtain was moved, [...]
12Jun2012 | admin | 2 comments | ContinuedAutumn Leaves
By Daniel Craig Roche Crimson autumn leaves against a black autumn sky. Mere moments away from when they will fall and soon lie. Lie on the ground where they will rest and be forgotten, or raked into a pile where they will fester – become rotten. Rot into the ground becoming food for the worms. [...]
8May2012 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedLove and a dark corner
By Daniel Craig Roche Passionless kisses and sweet nothings in the ear. Meaningless moments embraced in each other’s arms. Her means and my means are not one in the same. Delicate touch under her frail white chin to remove her vision from the dark corner. Her attention focused now on the blinking red light. She [...]
8May2012 | admin | 1 comment | ContinuedCrescent Moon Smiling
By Daniel C. Roche Why are we out here? I can sense something wrong. Now I sense fear, but she seemed oh so strong. Why does your light scream through the limbs of the trees? What do your words mean as they are carried through the breeze? The moon does not care, so ask it [...]
8May2012 | admin | 0 comments | Continued