May 2010
9 posts
“Plenty of people are on to the emptiness… but it takes real guts to see...”
– Revolutionary Road
Yankee Rose
You crucify yourself daily,
nail your hands, your feet to a cross upside-down.
Hanging there anguished you blame the world
When it was you who drove the spikes through your pale, soft flesh.
You are a martyr in your own eyes,
Slowly dying for your pseudo-beliefs.
As you berate others for their differences,
you close your mind and your heart.
The cross you carry is not a burden,
It is...
Carry that Cross
Pray, don’t take action. Thank God, not the people around you. Ask him to make it better, don’t talk it out.
Ahh the sweet naivety of a 54 year old woman I call “mom”.
Bug Sessions
Never in my life have I been completely alone? The one person who can drive me nuts is my mother. When I’m nervous I drum with my fingers. The last song I listened to was Take Our Cars Now!-Saves the Day If I were to get married right now my best man/maid of honor probably Meghan! Sistahs for life. My hair is SO DRY. ugh. When I was 5 I was easily upset. Last Christmas was pretty sweet at the...
“Every thing’s an experiment, life’s an experiment. You try it out,...”
– Tom, 26
The Black Sheep
An old man just sat down next to me at the coffee shop in town. He told me about his wife, his hip replacements, asked me where I went to school and then told a girl walking by that she looked like Obama. I love old people.
