Last night was another extremely rough one, but I'm not going to go into it ( Read more... )

You have point out my flaws again... as if I don't already see them.

But you don't know what you don't know.

The CD skips.  The folk singer stutters and stumbles over her words in a way that is to ironically placed to be mere coincidence.  It sounds like she's choking on her own emotions, consumed with despair ( Read more... )

 I made an enormous mistake.  Some things were not meant to be shared, even with those closest to you.  Even, and especially, those who tell you you can say anything to them.  Emotional attachment never completely goes away, even years and years later ( Read more... )

 In the early days, it’s the smell of fish frying in an iron skillet. At its end, it’s cinnamon-scented pine cones and clove cigarettes ( Read more... )

Wow ( Read more... )

(This is actually a moderately upbeat post, at least in comparison to the last handful.)

Today started off rough.  I fell asleep while driving down the highway to school, so I turned around and went back home.  No amount of sleep seems enough to satisfy my insatiable appetite in recent days.

Unfortunately for me, I made a huge mistake over the ( Read more... )

Please wear the face, the one where you smile,
Because you lighten up my heart when I start to cry.

As tears roll down my face, I’m beyond pained in writing this. But it’s time to trim the fat out of my life. Even the tantalizing fat.

I’m not ready to let go of some of the people that I need to let go of, but if it weren’t necessary, I wouldn’t be ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago I had the simplest, goofiest, yet most profound moment I've had in years ( Read more... )

I have the urge to write, but I have nothing meaningful to say.  Times like these are when my worst ideas and best writing happens, so I'm hopeful that when I go back to my apartment the rain will force me to be a shut-in, and I can do some serious creative work.  I haven't had a good writing session in a few weeks, and the last time I did actually ( Read more... )