I live.

I keep screaming for help, but no one will listen.

I am just so tired of secrets.

Stamp! Stamp! Stamp ( Read more... )

My flame has been burning small lately, from both ends -- tempting, daring, charging to meet in the middle. I'm darkly afraid my flame will burn out and I'll have to be born again from the ashes ( Read more... )

The shallow end of the lake never kept it's allure for long. No stranger, I, to the deep end and deep-end diving -- smooth as silk in the water and holding out until the very last second before my lungs wanted to burst for more air. I wanted to touch the bottom, always, to find the unknown and what awaited there ( Read more... )

Lawyers, attorneys, fees, deadlines, get here, go there, by 12, by 1, by 3 -- a jumble of hustle and bustle, the hurly burly of life and the American justice system. Money, bleeding, hemmorhage of cash, out of every pocket, every man, every woman. It's a dinner I can't palate. But my compliments to the chef -- he's made a meal that costs more ( Read more... )

To bar any further complaint, today was spring cleaning. The moldings and the corners had to be done, as well as the window sills. These were prior complaints. Extras included doing all the floors, the bathrooms, the underside of everything, and detaching the dryer outlet to remove collected dust and lint, so the dryer runs more effectively ( Read more... )

Struggling against our hackers for so very long killed something in me. Some seed of willpower, some want of happiness, some knowledge that I was essentially worth "it", whatever it was ( Read more... )

One for each time I’ve failed ( Read more... )