Notice a name change?
You're not hallucinating. I recently changed my pen name from Eva Byrd to Ellis Cross. The name is more versatile to all the genres in which I write, and I think it's more memorable. From here on out, if you wish to find 'Eva Byrd's' writing, search for Ellis Cross. Thank you to all my readers,
Ellis.
Poem of the month ⬇ (best viewed on a desktop browser)
Regrets I dragged on the road, bricks tied to my feet.
Walking was hard hard work, I saw no way to cheat.
All people had their own bricks—some many, some few.
Those with only pebbles strutted well past my view.
“Where are they going?” I asked. Guess I’d see in time.
To have lived that great a life, I’d spend every dime!
I stopped one who sped, cried out for his perfect life.
“No such thing,” he laughed, “Endless mistakes and strife.”
“But your load is light as air. Can be pulled by thread.
If I had a load that light, I could get ahead.”
“Son,” he said, “Look at the clock. It keeps ticking on.
Won’t slow down just for you so please get a move on.”
The hand ticks, ticks and tocks. The man speeds out of view.
“Regrets are of the past, son. Future’s up to you.”
Clock and heart both tick-tocked as my hands took the chain.
Smash-crack-bam! Now I can run forward, without pain!
I am an author from Portland, Oregon who writes horror, literary fiction, and poetry.
My short stories use bizarre and compelling situations to explore the human condition. Dive into the worlds I've created to explore themes like coming of age, grief, self doubt and more.
Poetry is one of my greatest forms of self expression. Whatever gnaws on my mind is released through the pen. May my words resonate with you.
I hope you get something from what you read. Feel free to send my work to whomever may also enjoy it. Thank you for reading my work.