• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to content
  • Skip to footer
Darkling Whim Untethered tales, beautifully scarred
  • Stories & Poems
  • About
  • Now
  • AI

    Cactus

    Prickly pointy spikes

    less than 1 minute read

    Doug Langille

    Doug Langille

    hack writer & shameless technophile

    • Nova Scotia
    • Digital Doug
    • Amazon
    • Email

    Cactus

    Prickly pointy spikes
    Drawing blood with slightest brush
    Struggling to survive

    Subscribe via RSS. Subscribe via Email. Did this leave a mark? Tell me. Share with a friend.

    Tags: grounded, melancholy, poetry, solitude

    Published: March 20, 2014

    Previous Next

    You may also enjoy

    I Made It Right

    4 minute read

    The steam wand hisses.

    Fletcher Returns

    1 minute read

    Carol Bannister placed the breakfast tray in front of her Aunt Jessica and stood staring out the window at the autumn leaves swirling about the grounds.

    A Hole in the Plan

    3 minute read

    The blade of the shovel rang loudly as it hit rock again.

    Last Glimpse

    less than 1 minute read

    I found the perfect spot, for us to share a final gaze

    • Follow:
    • Darkling Whim
    • Digital Doug
    • Amazon
    • LinkedIn
    • Feed
    © 2013 - 2026 Darkling Whim. Powered by Jekyll & Minimal Mistakes.