She watched the dark highway and entertained me with her vegetable-soup song, except that now there were people mixed in with the beans and potatoes: Dwayne Ray, Mattie, Esperanza, Lou Ann and all the rest....

Because she looks to the sky so often, people think that her life is sweet, that her eyes are dotted with dreamy stars. But quite the opposite is true and I wish they could see—...

Trouble. Sweetheart. Sang. Don’t. Don’t slip away.” He sniffed. I felt a droplet meeting my forehead.Gabriel was crying.”I need you,” he whispered. “Comeback to me. I need you.

You’re my rose and I am the dew sticked to you who never wants to fall apart.