"I crossed many states just to stand here now, my face all hot with tears ( Read more... )

Sometimes there are people in our lives who effect us in ways that are indelible but for sure. They change us irrevocably and oftentimes not for the better. There is a longing...in me, at least, to reach out to these people. To say ( Read more... )

When you look into someone else's eyes
when you observe their life
and realize
it looks like yours...
it's hard not to get angry.

the only promise with any integrity
that I could ever make
the one I make to you
while we're tangled up
in the bedsheets of my mind
words I whisper to myself
no one hears
not even you
they reach my ear
and clatter away
you'll never know
exactly how much I would do
for you

I think I'm getting old ( Read more... )

I think I'm finally getting sick of emotional writing. Well, it's not that I'm getting sick of it. I still appreciate a well-written sentimental phrase and all the energy that goes into crafting the perfect sentences. However, I'm getting tired. Nights of fighting the battles that makes our shack worth shitting in and long days with little rewards ( Read more... )

I never dared to dream but when I did, it was always of you ( Read more... )

Can't you for one minute pretend like you understand ( Read more... )

And in that engaging moment
silent and dark but the laptop
and fan,
nothing matters and it all seems so simple
with you obliterated from my mind.

A piece of me departs in the stillness
accompanying your flight from my thoughts.
These feelings beget actions
not about
but
to escape you.
And in this the death of an innocent love
I find I must leave

Suddenly it's very cool here in Alexandria. The wind is blowing although the sun is shining and it keeps everything beautiful and just the perfect temperature. It feels like fall...which is weird for me to think because it never even felt like summer to me. More like one long, uninterrupted sweating session. And now it's passed. The sun is going ( Read more... )