When Men Father Children

When Men Father Children

When men father childrenthen decide they’ve had enoughand leave to find their fortuneswhile their children are scared and scruff. Who will stay to find solutionsto the mounting sense of dreadof young children who are baffledand are crying and are sad? What kind...
When Death Comes

When Death Comes

When death comes knocking at the doorand leaves us sad and sobbing on the floorfew things remain to heal our heartsfaded photosand pieces of your art–and so you live forever morein words craftedwith lovenow stuffed inside a drawer.*©Yakira Shimoni FulksFebruary...
Prom Time

Prom Time

Just before the strike of midnightas they closed the Beauty Ball,there they stood the lonely maidenswaiting for their call.*©Yakira Shimoni FulksJune 8, 2000 | Hollywood Hills, CaliforniaKira’s Art | Miss Star
Wind Talking

Wind Talking

One dreary gloomy morn in Maythe day was awf’ly lonesomewhen I saw a sight so awesome—wind talking to cherry blossoms. It whispered gently and they swayedpink petals trembled soft as suedeand quivered just as lovers kisson days dreary just as this. * ©Yakira...
Sometimes I Want

Sometimes I Want

Sometimes I want to say something but nothing comes to my head— sometimes I want to say something but I feel so empty and dead. Sometimes I want to write something but the words jumble instead— everything sounds trite and so boring like the random thoughts in my head....