Trying to write more these days, you must notice. I just moved my blog from the dormant but we still store it category to the slightly-more-appealing-to-advertisers writes daily category. At least for these few days. I realize Blogger must be quite passe at this point. 1. kite – crepe paper wings 2. bird – feathered … [Read more…]
i’m not over it yet – all those people that come and go. they take part, they love you, they share moments of my life and then they are gone along w/ the dorms, the cabins, the lakes, the flights, the classes… those people those places those faces they are gone. they inhabit my dreams … [Read more…]
Silent, agreeable, pleasing, accommodating, humble, deferrent – abused children, dominated children she’s not alone. all her friends are here, her audience is here. everyone has come to see her performance. her cat looks at her from the bed, the bearskin rug on the floor, her one true critic and stuffed rabbit Structure: – long verse, … [Read more…]
The Miller’s DaughterShe wore a red dress when everyone wore black. No one ever liked a women with her own mind, who made decisions for herself and shared her opinions freely. To everyone’s horror, she decided not to get married before she was 21. She knew how to swim and she travelled on boats and … [Read more…]
Things that are hollow: going tomorrow hoping to save my soul hoping really to forgive yours wading through the shit that collected protectedrepresentations of your tender years cover nicely put on a sheen make it look something like your dreamsall of these things shelter your fears crafted carefully to tell the story you want to … [Read more…]
only forgiving only forsaking only for taking do unto all those others as they do unto you everyday as they will with wills of steel and wheels the torrent drags you under one more time and this time there is no air in front of you around you astound you in plain sight might as … [Read more…]
everyone wants a particular kind of heaven to live on. their own personal vision of truth and comfort that should make a happy place for everyone. it must be lonely there in the ethereal. but faith is a funny thing to try to hold on to. it slips in and leaves you blind. falling in … [Read more…]
everyone wants a particular kind of heaven. at least that’s what the angels tell me. they say everyone wants a soft place to fall, a pillow that’s familiar. it smells like home and the sweet of a dear lovers’ hair. it’s sad they say. the ride is fun because we scream together over the tracks. … [Read more…]
dusk settles into the dark of night. it’s that time of day when sounds are amplified; take away my sight and i’ll hear all the night creatures stirring. i still feel the last of the sun’s warmth on my skin. i wrap tighter in your thick flannel and stretch my legs out on the porch. … [Read more…]
Don’t make that mistake Don’t assume your dreams are your own They do not belong to you They draw breath and become flesh and pulse with life But it does not have to be yours I saw some hope in you, and stopped to take a chance I took a leap of faith and challenge … [Read more…]