These words usually sneak into my consciousness at the most inopportune moments. I often scramble to find a surface to give them wings, please read and share to help them take flight. "Poems are never finished - just abandoned" - Paul Valéry

Kgn 13 was a far cry from the innocence of the mountainous countryside where the lazy river snakes through the small town of Brownsfield. In Kgn 13 the nights went on forever. Tension stained the thick air and the constant sense of panic is still etched in my memory.

4-year-old Morgan went missing from a school bus accident scene two weeks after a vicious tornado touched down in Arcadia Meadows. Linda moved to Lipkins in search of her after receiving one of those emails at the office; “Opposites attract" with attached photo showing two different foot of shoes tied together, hanging over a power line. Her target was Dr. Edgar Worthington’s. She met 17 year-old newspaper deliveryboy Benjamin. "Call me Jake." He said.