Her face was flushed with emotion and pain. She wanted to find the truth. But nowadays everyone says that there is no truth. Yet everything has a story. This pile of junk – grars and widgets- represented her life. Rugged, rested edges ready to be thrown out. Not […]
I’ll win, but at what cost I’ll bring it home, to what applause I’ll reign supreme, yet the mudslide is thick I’ll cross the finish line, with aches and broken bones Talk to me without the advesarial stance We can dance to careless whispers Hopscothing in the moonlight […]
Waning Not gaining Gaming Waiving goodbye Striving Thriving Yet tiring Fighting But no good fights Pause Reset Go again It never ends Until it does
I’ve had a hard week and it’s not even done. I’m tired and cranky. Yet, I’m also dreamy and streamy. Oh wait. I have no idea what that means. I’m sleepy. Yes, sleepy. Running on empty. Hoping for a change of course. What shall, no one knows. I’m […]
Tick tock. Tick tock. Time is spinning away. The sand in the hourglass is steadily dropping down. Supposedly, “The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it”. Here is a secret, though. If you surround yourself or are […]
Let’s face it, the year 2021 is coming to an end rather soon. Sure, there are 147 days left to 2021. Depending on your perspective that may seem to be a lot of days left to this “covid/delta/vaccine/unmask/remask” year. Or it may seem to be too little days […]
Darkness calls The moon beckons Stark mind and heart Fight, fight, fight Box through the haze Find the light It is somewhere
We love our hero stories. We love our conflicted antihero. At some point we want an origin story. Why? How? One question we’ve been readily grappling with as a society is who is a hero. These days I’ve been a bit of a curmudgeon feeling that we bestow […]
This may sound odd. Everyone likes a compliment. Well, some curmudgeons may not. Compliments are a supposed desirable transaction. After all, one doesn’t get the latest handbag and put on eye shadow to not be complimented. Here’s another side to compliments. They also allow others to possibly to […]
On a lazy Sunday afternoon, I look and read the news wondering what is going on with us. I’m wondering in part about our collective sense of humanity. I read an article that said some businesses are closing for a day here and there to reestablish some semblance […]