is there such a thing as obligatory love? do we really have to love someone just because society tells us to? do we have to continue loving someone after all feelings of familiarity and comfort are gone? will these ghosts continue to haunt us, intruding at moments so strange and inconvenient? What do you want from me? I am finally happy, if these ( Read more... )

No, no that is not all, not the end! Don't you see? There is so much more in this carcass than a hurrying passer-by chooses to see. Chooses, because all can see if they decide to. This was once a living, breathing being, that ascended the air and felt the joy of escape from the ground. With that simple spread, it accomplished so much more than we, ( Read more... )

as i pull onto this long concrete driveway, i instantly take note of that familiar face cleaning the glass on the doors, and an odd eeriness creeps over me. I throw the gears into park and walk with him up into his house. Old wooden floors creek beneath my feet and the scent of ancientness fills my nose. Small, carefully placed relics steal my ( Read more... )

The weekend flew by in such sharp, contrasting tones. Some easy, loving, open. Others so brash, loud, crazy, and unfamiliar. I loved that easy conversation. Things happen for a reason; what if I hadn't been home? And I enjoyed the time spent with these other friends in strange surroundings under strange circumstances ( Read more... )

and i am lulled to sleep in the dizzy, happy remembrance of you, in all your magnificence.

thank you. :)

"the world will get you down enough as it is. you've gotta have something constant buoying you up, or else you'll drown. and i, personally, would be very very sad if you drowned." "thanks. no ones said anything like that to me in a long time ( Read more... )

Happiness can often seem so random and sporadic. So much time poured into the attainment of this state of mind. And yet, so often, we are surprised by the circumstances under which it is delivered ( Read more... )

This embrace, so warm and comfortable. My head leans on your shoulder, and I can feel you smiling on mine. We have known each other for so long, and yet I am just getting to know you. Gone are the barriers of the awkwardness of inter-gender friendships, levels of experience, and social status, as we whisper dark secrets and i cry on your shoulder. ( Read more... )

Like the calm after a storm, I begin to survey this damage. A night of marinating, let us see what it has done. Just because you ignore it, does that mean that it isn't there ( Read more... )

D is for Don't. Just stop. No more with these comments and cryptic messages which are meant only for my revealing lamp to decipher. A is for absent. Absent is the ardency, as are you. R is for Revealing. You are too revealing. Learn to keep it to yourself. L is for Learning. I am learning to loathe you with every ounce of my being, as I quietly ( Read more... )