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The curious case of Unexpected Sobriety
I have no time for ‘eventually’. Eventually, we get old and die.
Only sometimes, the ‘growing old’ part doesn't happen.
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Instincts
There's a moment when we dance where the room feels empty. Her arms are around my neck as she whispers I feel like I've bonded with you, more than anyone else this weekend and slips her number into my jacket ( Read more... ) -
Last goodbye
Let's not unman each other - part at once;
All farewells should be sudden, when forever,
Else they make an eternity of moments,
And clog the last sad sands of life with tears.
It's a perfect autumn day. I should be on the heath, enjoying the last ripples of a fading summer. Instead, I am back here; walking the hall of faded dreams ( Read more... ) -
Video flicker of a burning sky
Sometimes, when we reach for the stars, we fall short. But we must pick ourselves up again and press on despite the pain.
Like many after me, I was awoken to - made aware of - a world ablaze. We watched in horror as one of humanity's proudest accomplishments crumbled and burned. This was long before my infatuation with America had waned, their ( Read more... ) -
Islands
Tonight I said goodbye to my friend ( Read more... ) -
Overdue introspection
I'm awake. Unsure of how I got here, how this happened. Mind plays tricks on the eyes, eyes play tricks on the mind. Is that streetlight flicker, or tendrils of daylight curling past the curtains? I know not the time, much less whether I should be awake ( Read more... ) -
Seratonin Sunset
The bleak is nearly upon me. I can feel its hands sliding into my skull, though it has yet to squeeze. We live in borrowed time, wondering when the crash will come ( Read more... ) -
Not my annual LJ entry
I am going to the Hendricks Halloween Ball. I understand that several people are now unable to go after the change of date from Oct 31st to Nov 1st. I had intended to purchase spare tickets for other members of our party from one of my friends thus inconvenienced, but due to a miscommunication they instead returned them for a refund ( Read more... ) -
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SPOONTANG IS NOT A VEGETABLE