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The walls are broken.
She arrived in the garbs of the common folk, plain by comparison to the faceless blurs around her ( Read more... ) -
The walls no longer hinder.
A wrought towel has brought about unprecedented drops of refreshment. Pools of it settle in my core. I question its lasting effects and the virtue of its content. Brought forth is the possibility that it may well be a modern mirage, an optical oasis of fallacy and misplaced excitement. I settle on myself and choose to be. An action would cause ( Read more... ) -
A frantic moment filled with frenzied desperation ends as I lose the need to escape.
In a time of resilient stillness and unparalleled impatience, she raged. She angered over the loss of compassion, loyalty, truth, and an assortment of other fantasies of the aged. Myths, though archaic, still held her imagination and a world of gentlemen, pulled chairs, opened doors, and softly guided elbows danced elegantly through the spring ( Read more... ) -
Its encircled me.
How quickly the seeds of paranoia are planted among the sparked cells of our minds. We jump so fiercely upon the first sign of betrayal to avoid the embarrassment of surprise, sabotaging our well-being for the socially accepted appearance of foresight. Prior knowledge makes one superior and less laughable, it seems. Spontaneity pushed aside in ( Read more... ) -
There's fog and a sense of wrongness in the air.
The ability to interact with people in intimate ways is like teaching a toddler how to walk. The child sees their goal, a pair of outstretched arms, waiting for them at the other side of the room, a mere ten feet away, and begins to stumble toward it. Only to realize one must move one's feet to stumble. 'Easily done!' says the toddler, and soon ( Read more... ) -
I had never before been so unbalanced by aesthetic beauty.
I work in a bookstore. I love my job, though it seems the harder I work and am appreciated, the less I see of the arts I help peddle. Instead, I'm wrought with fear over disappointing and losing the respect of those that have put me in my current position. My financial well-being is dependent on the fact that they've some small amount of confidence ( Read more... )
