The Good Wolf Community: Submission #1

The original concept was never a tiny cafe. My plans for the Good Wolf were to have a large inviting space with comfy couches, tables and chairs where patrons would become family while they stayed for hours sipping on lattes, perhaps even a local beverage (I wanted a licensed cafe with local craft beers and ciders on tap) and enjoyed planned events. My ideal cafe would be generous enough to support community events such as open mic nights, live music, poetry readings, readings from local authors, mini Ted talks and more. But sometimes our dreams have to start off small and manageable before they grow into our true vision, and for me the tiny cafe is the perfect start to what I hope will someday become my dream space.

But if you' haven’t stumbled upon this blog page by accident you’ll know that while building the tiny cafe I used the blog to detail my progress, and share in my excitement. However, as the planning stages moved into action and we opened the doors, I found myself busy with the day to day operations of a business on top of my Mom duties and general human habits. So, in spirit of the aforementioned “dream space” I have decided to share my virtual stage with local authors, writers, aspiring writers, and perhaps even musicians, artists and more to come. I’ve put the call out thus far for local writers to submit work that I can share here for your reading pleasure. Please enjoy their work, and perhaps follow along on their social media if their writing is of interest to you. Our first good wolf community submission comes from TikTok. I will do my best to share each submission I receive in the order I receive them. I have written them out in the exact manner I received them, in an effort to preserve the authors intent.

WATER LOGGED

I jumped into the lake

Just to get what was

Left of you off my skin

But the lake water couldn’t reach far enough to wash

You from my mind

Then

I tried to swallow the water

But it passed my heart

And drowned out the butterflies

I then tried to flush you from my eyes

But it only added to the sting

So now here I am floating,

Stomach bloated, eyes stinging,

Waiting for the lake

To swallow me whole

- j.k.

eMbers

When you saw me today

Did you feel the spark again?

Or was it ever there

Maybe I was burning too

Strong to see how you felt

But you kept throwing gasoline

And I took it willingly

As if I was being showered with love

Now I’m just standing here

Embers still burning

Hoping that if I get close

Enough to you that

They would reignite yours

- j.k.

@jaime_sen