Jonathan Gonzalez Where am I trying to go? Where’s the fire? What’s the rush? Such impatience has not shown face since the autumn of the year before ours. My windows are down. The wind blows through out this machine with the force of a hurricane. And my plastic indicator feels ready to spin all the way around … Read more
Sharing a hill with mansions and castles alike I was stuck in the shade literally near the bottom. Sharing a hill with the balance of power we lived quietly among them in a pool of seemingly less importance. And though only a few blocks away stood houses with pools, life seemed so different to the … Read more
I want you to take a moment and capture your breath.“This is how it’s supposed to be,” she thought. “Why don’t you ever kiss me like that anymore,” she asked aloud.She wore this sort of lost look in her eyes. Now I want you to take a moment and capture your gasp.The soft one you … Read more
Welcome to small town America. It’s quite quaint and quiet but we talk a little more. This is Main Street. A commerce filled boulevard of barber shops and butcher shops, blacksmiths and ice cream parlors. Ah, can’t forget the general store. Empty streets and old cars parked in slanted parking spots, kissing the sidewalk. Bright pale … Read more
And as the sun leaves us empty of light for the day, this man is just looking for the next place to sleep tonight. And off behind a wall he disappears but I am unable to empathize with the feeling he must be experiencing tonight. Oh, how awful it must be to be homeless for … Read more
Right there, on the grass, slept an old coffee cup and empty pack of cigarettes. It was all used up and tossed. It looked starved for food or attention. Someones simple pleasure just laid there in a coma. It looked so sad and thrown away. And for some reason this grass just wasn’t as green … Read more
And for the first time I can see the veins tunneling my blood from roadway to roadway. Silently they flow like rivers into oceans. Silt and water filled they dance down the hills into an open field of blue and space. “Where to go,” we think. Just like them I think. Juts like men I … Read more
The moon sits quietly glamorous in between the clouds. The clouds appear like little puzzle pieces, scattered around a table, as they slowly come together to form a blanket over us tonight. Yet, with all the clouds, the moon remains untouched. The star that clings to it must be a million light years away, But … Read more
A little patch of clouds under this velvet purple night. They’re surrounded by a sprinkle of stars from space But they’ve yet to reach ground. They are suspended in the night sky. And if only I could turn off these city brights And stare right into the star that shines the most light. It’s got … Read more
I love this intersection, And the simple lights, And this left hand turn lane. I can see some orange plastic and clear glass piled up nicely on the ground in front of me as I wait for the cars to pass. This all gets a little more dangerous everyday.