Tag Archives: longing

One Time

Posted on March 28, 2023 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

One time, this time, for herself, she’d let her heart lead her mind, she’d know joy, she’d know love, she’d discover all there was to find. She’d touch, she’d be touched, she’d reach for all life had so long denied, … Continue reading →

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The Ice Between

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

A rose, its beauty might thaw her heart, but it was frozen too, trapped beneath the ice, trash another heart had discarded. Crouching, she set her bare hand to the ice, the rose so close. Could it feel the warmth … Continue reading →

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So Much More

Posted on March 4, 2023 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Deep within, she held love close, and devotion, coupling them with tenderness, and kindness, and passion. They were there for the taking because she was willing to give, her hand outstretched, palm raised, awaiting another. Surely she was someone, seen … Continue reading →

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Where Did He Go?

Posted on January 24, 2023 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

She always wondered, where did he go? So long ago he was there and then gone, unknowingly stealing her heart. She was all wrong then, a bystander in her life, his voice captivating, so much so she could hear it … Continue reading →

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Dream Dancing

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

She imagined him sometimes, the laugh he shared, reminding her his life was hers, that she mattered to him. Her closed eyes summoned him, his hand to her cheek, his gaze holding her in an embrace for an extra moment … Continue reading →

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Come the Twilight

Posted on May 7, 2022 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

She was but a star languishing in the heavens, shrinking in luster everlasting. Time lost was a lifetime existing, time ahead was for embracing her dreams. Tired minds couldn’t see the joy that was yearning, of embracing gifts long held … Continue reading →

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On the Eve of the Night

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

On the eve of the night, invading the forest in her gown, a piano’s echo calling, a single light beckoning, the dream that had become reality telling her she’d taken her longing too far. Candelabra flames wreathing immortal, she passed … Continue reading →

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Ever Always

Posted on May 15, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

Ever she would, ever more reaching out, her heart failing, falling still. Ever she was touched, held close, everwell, the truth inside ever a lie Ever she feared she’d acknowledge the truth, in the ever of forever her love would … Continue reading →

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Writing Her Heart

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

He was back again, right where she wanted him, stepping into her story to haunt her again. Witty and charming, and oh so smart, he laughed and he loved and he respected her heart. She set fingers to the screen … Continue reading →

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Something She Heard

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Christina Anne Hawthorne

No one for her. Wasn’t that what they said, wasn’t that what they promised, from the day her heart opened until it should end? The words lingered. They had a way of dictating, a cruel promise that wouldn’t let go, … Continue reading →

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