call it my oedipus complex,
but when my mom called me today just to t-
ell me there's a rainbow outside,

i fell in love with her .

& it was time to say goodbye.

I MISS EUROPE.

i miss the people. how everyone is laid-back &no one's in a hurry.
I MISS ALMAR, & all of the wonderfully ridiculous things he said,

("maybe you could stick like, a nice piece of candy up
your neighbors nose or something? yah?

...I, I'm sorry, I, I don't think sometimes before I talk...I'll go now.")

&Yohn ! oh Yohn & his being ( Read more... )

a pair of well-
went evenings.

an evening of
faulty words &risks (un)taken.

sometimes shyness sets in,
even for the spoil-er of suprises.

the smell of the air outside reminds me of summer nights &the ghosts of friends once had ,the ghosts of people once been .

because it was so nice out today & i will take any chance to escape that which is called my home, i went for a walk. i started running. i don't know why. &when i ran across the street, even though the light was red and no ( Read more... )

what you once were isn't what you want to be anymore.

nights like that make me feel out of place in my own skin.

rewind.

"Kind words, kind looks, kind acts and warm handshakes, these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles."  his kindness is his mask ,& she's playing the same game.  those polite handshakes are all you've got left, because the words aren't there and ( Read more... )

the two of us :sunday driving (riding no-
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TARA:  It looks like a Bible or something with it's thickness and golden edges .

MYSELF:  Well, to some people, it is .

,we would perceive a somewhat different world ."

I often feel  compel l e d 
                                                   to turn a w a y from my
                                                   reflection


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