(...)
I wanted my life to close, and open
like a hinge, like a wing, like the part of the song
where it falls
down over the rocks: an explosion, a discovery;
I wanted
to hurry into the work of my life; I wanted to know

whoever I was, I was

alive
for a little while.
(...)

ugh. i don't even know anymore.
i've been so happy with life for such a long stretch of time.
i suppose things had to change eventually.
i'm still pretty happy - i can just feel the ground shifting beneath my feet.
it's daunting.

last week, a girl that i went to middle school and high school with was killed in a car accident. it was a head-on collision ( Read more... )

though i do wonder
why you intrigue me
i recognize that an exceptional moth
is always drawn
to an exceptional flame

you're not at all what you appear
to be
though not so very different

I've not learned
the acceptable way of saying
you fascinate me
I've not even learned
how to say i like you
without frightening people
away

sometimes I see things
that aren't really ( Read more... )

in springfield visiting the old roomies again.
which means i had to get something pierced.
here it is:


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holidays are hard when you live with two alcoholics ( Read more... )

well i'm pretty much all settled into my apartment in norman ( Read more... )

hangin out in springfield with the old roomies.
still love them but i'm different than i was, even 4 months ago.
finally got a new piercing. industrial on my left ear.
more painful than my tragus, but not too bad.
they each got their tragus done, too. now it's "our thing."
i like having people to have "things" with.

life is pretty darn good, for ( Read more... )

my Ani DiFranco tickets came in the mail today. i am so beyond excited. words cannot even describe. i just can't believe she's coming to tulsa! i never thought i'd get to see her live ever in my life. ahh. so excited.

i'm feeling slightly better about life. maybe a lot better. i'm not sure - i haven't decided yet. but.. i'm taking everything for ( Read more... )

i am ready for another piercing ( Read more... )