Sonia Heidi Unruh

Joined June 2022

170 stories

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I love: my husband and children; all who claim me as family or friend; the first bite of chocolate; the last blue before sunset; solving puzzles; stroking cats; finding myself by writing; losing myself in reading; the Creator who is love.

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Soliloquy. Runner-Up in Masks We Wear Challenge.
I curl my fingers gracefully around the neck of my Bud Light. Inside tight black heels my toes curl nervously. I will not fail my part.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh3 months ago in Poets
Cathedral
Mosaic above, matting below, encircled with stained-glass wonder
By Sonia Heidi Unruh4 months ago in Poets
Abandoned
Once they laughed, tromping splendor to bits. No one sees my one golden tear.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh4 months ago in Poets
Pilgrimage
From green communion To congregation of dust, Brief lonely passage.
By Sonia Heidi Unruh4 months ago in Poets
leaf, mud
Observe what you see: Autumn's grace desecrated? Fall's decay redeemed? ***
By Sonia Heidi Unruh4 months ago in Poets
Before the Fall . Runner-Up in The Road Drops Here Challenge.
I don’t think I can, I say. Come on, Jean says. You’ve seen me ride it a million times. I shake my head. Even before Jean was THIS TALL, her brother snuck her in
By Sonia Heidi Unruh4 months ago in Poets
The Story of the Realm. Top Story - November 2024.
The river ran backwards on the day the Queen vanished. Rook looked up from the playbook. “That sounds cool.” “Maybe for you,” grumbled Bishop, his grey eyes narrowing. “All my merchant barges will flow your direction now.”
By Sonia Heidi Unruhabout a year ago in Fiction
How I discovered infinity
That pure day in June, I lay on the grass and tried to see where Up goes.
By Sonia Heidi Unruhabout a year ago in Poets
Elemental
snow-bound mountains, or fleeting clouds? eyes and distance deceive, awe transcends.
By Sonia Heidi Unruhabout a year ago in Poets
Night birds
a constellation huddles beside the still pond grey moon glides alone
By Sonia Heidi Unruhabout a year ago in Poets
I have flown before, and I will again
Wild joy in wing wind, knees gripping scales, I escape astride Saphira. * * * * A/N: Saphira is a dragon who bonds with her rider, the young Eragon, in the book series by Christopher Paolini.
By Sonia Heidi Unruhabout a year ago in Poets
Mother's Song
There was only one rule: don’t open the door. Guard your heart, my daughter, my love. Bolt the lock when passions roar. Nightly my mother’s song swirled around me like hearth shadows. When longing comes knocking, don’t open the door.
By Sonia Heidi Unruhabout a year ago in Horror