Wow! I relaunched this site only 8 days ago. I thought I’d have a slow, sleepy and disinterested start to my blog’s rebirth. I was wrong. Sometimes I like being wrong. Thank you to those that have subscribed to my little patch of words on the internet. I hope to sow and grow it with…

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I’m Franchon and I am also LALANATIVE. If you are here, you probably know what LALANATIVE is all about. If you have no idea who I am, what this is, or why you should care, that’s fine too. Originally launched in 2008, LALANATIVE.COM was a place I wrote often and candidly. Short stories. Long stories.…

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4:47am Alarm sirens pierce down and darkness Adrenaline surge eyes wide to unknown Alone No glasses, nor clothing. Dogs moving around me Sirens wail throughout the house Frantically pushing code against bleating red screen Does not register my fingers Am I a ghost? House phone ringing. Cell phone pinging. Lady asking me if I’m okay…

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All new but mostly refurbished struggling with letting go of the things that have kept me small inside a big persona water. blood. bloom. sky reminds me blue is subjective some people are color blind perhaps what they see is more vivid most worth the gaze what is green to me is black to others…

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