This is not the sound of a new man or crispy realization

It's the sound of the unlocking and the lift away

Your love will be

Safe with me

Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike endear'd, grown, ungrown, young or old,
Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,
A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,
Chair'd in the adamant of Time.

I felt a black man in my teeth, what a way ( Read more... )

Regina Spektor. Need I say more?

..having the swine flu and stomach virus with diarrhea, 2 1/2 hours later, $75 later. Here's to the crazy black lady afraid of a stroke, worried about child support, and the group hug we had with her. Here's to wearing a face mask, peeing in a cup, and matching medical bracelets. Here's to the McDreamy gray haired male nurse who gave rachel an ( Read more... )

Hello. I'm alive. I think.

I never finish phrases I misspell
An open arm's a prison cell
When I said, "I hate what I've become"
I lied, I hated who I was
So when you start to wonder
about the pain in my throat,
Then don't you ever, no never ever
Speak for someone
You
don't
know

Call me selfish, but I don't think you deserve to have anything to do with me.

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I've felt more inspiration from the smallest of things, thoughts, and ideas than the ones that I used to find it in. I need to write more. I am living in Tallahassee again, and this new beginning excites the core of me.