The van, yawning doors clipped to the sides, steel ramps extended; a receptacle, waiting.
Then rolled on handcarts, carried in tired arms, the house disgorged of things: A refrigerator no longer cold, just a box; books and boxes, toys and trinkets, beds, couches, the tools of who we are; the doors flipped closed; nothing is left behind.
A house is space, air and light inside walls, nothing more.
We transport all we brought. The glimmering, scattered trace, specks of us across time and distance, lodged in protected places, carried.
We pass through space, wrapped in our shield, launched and spun past Jupiter and Neptune, twisting toward the endless everything seeking the dust of ourselves, the who we are changed by light years.
We touch, a breath shared; a scent, a taste remains. Nothing is left behind.
The silk of your hand in mine.
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About michaelstephendaigle
I am the author of the award-winning Frank Nagler Mystery series. "The Swamps of Jersey (2014); "A Game Called Dead" (2016) -- a Runner-Up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Indie Author Contest; "The Weight of Living" (2017) -- “The Weight of Living” was awarded First Place for mysteries in the 2017 Royal Dragonfly Book Award contest;
Named A Notable 100 Book, Shelf Unbound 2018 Indie Book Awards;
Named a Distinguished Favorite, 2018 Independent Press Awards.
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2018 Big NYC Book Contest.
Named a Finalist in the 2019 Book Excellence Awards.
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Named a Book Award Winner in 2021 by Maincraft Media Fiction Book Awards;
The Red Hand (2019) a Distinguished Favorite in the 2019 Big NYC Book Contest
Named Second Place winner for mysteries in the 2019 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
Named a Notable 100 Book in the 2019 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards
Named a Distinguished Favorite in the 2020 Independent Press Awards
A Nominee in the 2020 TopShelf Book Awards
Named A Gold Star Award winner in the 2020 Elite Choice Book Awards
Dragony Rising (2022) First Place for Mysteries in the 2022 Royal Dragonyfly Book Awards; named a Notable 100 Indie Book in the 2022 Shelf Unbound Indie Book Awards; A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Independent Press Awards. A Distinguished Favorite in the 2023 Big NYC Book Awards.
