Are you Listening? (Mine to Keep)

On a not-so-lazy Sunday afternoon I was getting about ready to burn all my paints, books, pens and beads all to the muddy, dusty yet green Midwestern ground— —until a voice that sounded like a vivacious, ginger-haired, eighteen-year-old version of myself crawled into my room like a spider and made this razor-sharp and poignant sound: …

I Might End up in Jail

Did I commit a crime? No, I didn’t. Am I innocent? Yes, I am. Do you wanna know why I might end up in jail? Yes, you want to know; I can see you nodding your heads. Well, frankly I don’t know why. However, the possibility is still there. I am just so angry and …

It’s Been Days (From the Memoir Series)

It’s been days since I’ve slept and instead of counting sheep I’ve been counting the days since you slammed the door shut. There’s a table in our dining room full of apology letters and dead flowers. The letters are full of things like “I forgot to tell you” and kisses imprinted with your favorite lipstick. …

TOUCHING BASE WITH IRONY

Amazing you should call now, Wanting me. Where were you when my bed was cold, The theater seat beside me stayed empty, When I needed my tears dried? Where were you? How ironic you should call now Wanting me. Where were you when a secret had to be told, My long hair needed combed, When …

Live in the Present Moment

Our mind can often act in a funny manner. With an ability to run and wander around, it can quickly reach someplace else, before we even realize it. While performing a task in hand, it may think about some mistakes of the past or while enjoying some pleasures in the present, it may prompt us …

Things That are True pt6 – Humility is Key

Humility is hard. The trickiest part about it is that the moment you think you have it, is the moment you really don’t have it, because you think you do. Slippery little sucker, isn’t it? The hardest part about it is when God helps you learn it. Hello, why did I think that prayer was …

Words

Words are the ultimate tool but, a dangerous weapon in the hands of a fool They can motivate a person to kill or give a love one a thrill America’s forefathers they did inspire to lay the foundation for our empire The Romance period poets used them to fill our hearts with desire and the …

Tomorrow

And so it is – Here is where we stood. It was funny sometimes… the way you looked and smiled at me. When we were twenty-three, we said our “I do’s” and began to build and live life in the ways we’d always planned. We moved, we traveled, we ran the world. Me and you …

Don’t know, Don’t care

Recently, I came across a t-shirt, printed with these words. While initially, it appeared as a rude statement laced with anger, attitude, ego and selfishness, I pondered about it for a while. Though one may interpret its meaning in different ways, depending on the situation and circumstance; I was tempted to look at its positive …

A Slow Head (Windows for Doors)

[ A slow head went through the mirror and crushed onto million pieces. That head was mine! I remember being young but not brave, I would sit back and dream about the steps of my feet. I never looked beyond the point of my fingers. I remember being young but not beautiful, I would hide …