I've thought about this long and hard. This decision is not based on any one influence in my life currently, nor is it something I have come to on a whim.

I have decided that I am unable to care for my dog, Bianca, the way she needs to be cared for. As most of you know, I am an animal lover, so this is nearly killing me to say this. I cannot devote ( Read more... )

For every minute you let anger in- you lose out on 60 seconds of peace of mind... 

Do you sometimes feel out of place or left out... like the rest of the world moved on without you and you're left holding pieces of a past you don't fit in anymore, but haven't quite put them together into a future that you can see yourself in?

 
You can't force relationships, and you can't want something enough for the both of you. You can't will it and try at it hard enough to make it work. Once upon a time, I thought I could hold things together. The attitude worked for me everywhere else in my life, but I learned the hard way, you can't want enough to cover the both of you. They have ( Read more... )

Offhand, backhand remark-
Knock me to the emotional floor-
Kick me in the gut while I'm down for the count-
Trample my feelings and
Rub salt in my wounded pride-
Wait for you to distract yourself-
Slowly pick myself up-
Dust off my needs and desires, then
Tiptoe past the eggshells
Left for me to walk on.

After all, one can only take so much verbal ( Read more... )

Well-worn path between the trees
the forest light dapples the floor below

falling from the sky like so many earth-bound stars

the leaves beneath crunch and cry and skitter

fleeing my feet upon the brisk autumn gale

that twists my hair within its fingers

before racing past and urging me to run with it

no race today- no hurry for me

just a slow walk through ( Read more... )

This bond between us is no tenuous strand of gossamer- it is an unshakeable, unyielding wire band. Although it stretches and contracts, I am unable to slice through it. It seems as though I've been attempting to use a plastic knife when what I have needed all along is a strong pair of tin snips. I have been sawing away for years, futilely with this ( Read more... )

 
My heart's been broken

like so many shards of glass

from the mirror upon my wall

the time has come at last

to sweep up the pieces

of this fractured fairy tale

Prince Charming rode away

leaving this princess in a house of straw

the big bad wolf has come to play-

I just want to withdraw

and cradle the pieces

of this fractured fairy tale.

Was I not really a ( Read more... )

 
Hold your breath

The silence isn't silent

Thoughts continue to intrude

Your pulse pounds within your ears

The end isn't final

There will always be

Another beginning

One more breath

One more heartbeat

Close your eyes

The sun pours in through your closed lids

There will always be

One more sunrise

One more day

Life will go on

With or without you

but

Close your ( Read more... )

 
           Persistent organic pollutants (POP's) are a small group of organic chemicals exhibiting the combined properties of persistence, bioaccumulation, toxicity, and long-range environmental transport. This small group of pollutants encapsulates the beginning and further development of pollution awareness in the United States. These are the ( Read more... )