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Carlita
© 2002 Sandra Jean-Pierre
We’re supposed to be running away together. Away to the American dream of a house in the ‘burbs, successful work, a large yard, SUV and three gorgeous kids: an African-American boy with twists in his hair, a curly, red-headed Caucasian girl and an Asian girl with long, straight black hair. It would [...]

When my girlfriend and I were together for two months she had to undergo heart surgery because of a birth defect - a problem with the mitral valve that was not opening and closing correctly. Her problems were severe. She could not bear even the smallest physical strain, she had sometimes strong pain or a [...]

I have a complicated cheating story.
I suppose they’re all complicated, at least from the perspective of the cheater, because we at some point feel justified enough that it’s okay for us to cheat, in order to make the choices to do it. I doubt anyone goes out thinking, “oh, maybe I’ll cheat on my girlfriend [...]

I wrote this letter for a good friend of mine. I am posting it here because I think it’s a good example of how certain relationships effect us.  
It was interesting to see your true colors, even if it was odd to read words from you that I never thought would be said. You have always towered [...]

It seems a running theme with me would be anger but really it’s not so, I just use TLL to vent when I am and I don’t really feel like blogging when I’m happy so sorry if my stuff bums you out but I know I’m not the only one out here to feel angry [...]

Here on the tip of my tongue, the final sense, the impetus of hunger
the bounty of being sated.
It’s the blackberry of the Shiraz … her lips to my tongue
It’s tangerine squeezed fresh to her wrist and waterfalling to my mouth.
and the sweet syrup of… her
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Just for tonight
let me lie down
nerves stripped and exposed
to [...]

“Ooh, but I still smell her.” - Lt. Col. Frank Slade in “Scent of a Woman” (1992)
It’s her skin in the mornings that smells of rain and lemons.
It’s her favorite perfume behind her ear mixing with the soapy clean of her shampoo.
It’s the smell of sun and coconuts on her back in summer.
It’s the whisper [...]

…It is a hard moment. The moment you realize the past that had a vice grip on your feeble heart is slowly lessening its suffocating hold. The moment you come face to face with the damage you have been suffering with all alone. When you can stare that one person in the face and say, [...]