Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Desher Hyland
Desher Hyland

1K Followers

Home

About

Jan 14

My Annabel

Oh, Annabel, my own Annabel Lee, gone and now what do I do?

Relationships

1 min read

My Annabel
My Annabel
Relationships

1 min read


Feb 15, 2021

Woman Waiting

She fidgets with her hands, her right thumb rubbing her left index finger, then thump on her left knuckle. Rub, rub, thump, thump. Her eyes glance left, then right, then jittery left again before settling straight ahead, over the horizon, right in front of her. He walks up beside her…

Relationships

2 min read

Woman Waiting
Woman Waiting
Relationships

2 min read


Nov 2, 2019

To Love a Complex Woman

We’ve all heard jokes about women who don’t know what they want or whose wishes or desires are in opposition to one another. I can’t speak to that. I came here to talk about loving a complex woman. (Since I am talking about my complex woman, references to myself are…

Love

6 min read

To Love a Complex Woman
To Love a Complex Woman
Love

6 min read


Jun 9, 2019

A Dream and a Vision

I had a vision that kept me going. Every single day The difficult and the simple I pick up the reel and put it on the deck Carefully, I thread it through The flick of a switch and a familiar whir My smile widens as I watch Hand to hand…

Love

2 min read

A Dream and a Vision
A Dream and a Vision
Love

2 min read


Feb 9, 2019

Moments

No matter how much time passes No matter how much we endure - what is done to us - what we do to ourselves

Poetry

1 min read

Moments
Moments
Poetry

1 min read


Feb 1, 2019

How a Rock Loves

A paradigm of love and devotion. A magnum opus of me. One of the most fulfilling, humbling, and distinguished events in my life also defined and challenged me. It was when Marina gave me a new name. My Rock. Some of the sweetest yet strangely familiar words flowed from her…

Love

7 min read

How a Rock Loves
How a Rock Loves
Love

7 min read


Dec 23, 2018

Awful Tuesday Night

I have to tell you. I know it’s not good timing. I can’t hold it back anymore. Every day since our awful Tuesday night, there is an image I keep seeing over and over. You, on the couch. Legs pulled up next to you. Face looking at the floor. Skin…

2 min read

Awful Tuesday Night
Awful Tuesday Night

2 min read


Published in P.S. I Love You

·Dec 17, 2018

Her Grief, Immeasurable

To be human is to grieve. When you have a gift greatly cherished, an aspiration insurmountably achieved, a person passionately loved, or a foundation deeply rooted, you have wonderful strength and peace. But you are also vulnerable. And when you experience its loss, it can be so powerful, so overwhelming…

Family

4 min read

Her Grief, Immeasurable
Her Grief, Immeasurable
Family

4 min read


Published in P.S. I Love You

·Feb 19, 2018

The Stop

Choosing to get off the bus. — “This is it,” he said. “This is where I want to stop and get off.” The Bus Driver turned around. His sole passenger had walked up the center aisle without so much a word. That was unusual. He had always been a talkative creature. Now he stood there at the…

Fiction

6 min read

The Stop
The Stop
Fiction

6 min read


Feb 14, 2018

I Saw You This Afternoon

Did you see me? —

1 min read

I Saw You This Afternoon
I Saw You This Afternoon

1 min read

Desher Hyland

Desher Hyland

1K Followers

She is my whole world. I write for Marina.

Following
  • Joshua Hehe

    Joshua Hehe

  • Scott Carnahan

    Scott Carnahan

  • The Good Men Project

    The Good Men Project

  • Mitch Goldfarb

    Mitch Goldfarb

  • Sean Kernan

    Sean Kernan

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech