I have not slept well at all this past week. Make that the past three weeks. I have had a high number of tasks to accomplish in a very short time span. On top of which, I had a business trip which was even more nerve-wracking than usual. […]
Tomorrow is another day Tomorrow is when I will cry Today is a fight, a struggle, and a battle The tears are pooling within But no release till tomorrow The wall holds me up quite well While the halls are filled with smoke There’s a fire scorching all […]
My body is dotted in black and blue bruises. Well, dotted is one way of noting it. I have been carrying boxes up and down the stairs. I moved a heavy dining room table all on my own. I have been taping up hard-to-close boxes for weeks on […]
I have been walking around as if I were a zombie. Well, at least how popular culture depicts zombies. I am not too sure whether actual zombies are as mindlessly oriented as in the Walking Dead, but that is how I feel. I used to say I had […]
I’m dead tired. There I said it. I’m not superwoman. I try to be. But at times, it is just not possible. I’ve been running and running. And running some more. I need sleep. Or I need more caffeine. But at what point is too much caffeine too […]
I am in the midst of packing up my house and trying to do way too many things at the same time. That is pretty much the story of my life. It can actually be the title of my autobiography. I am always packing up something. I always […]
I found you frozen on a stairwell You thought I’d ignore you You thought I’d overlook your misdeeds But the wrongs were too strong So I grabbed his discarded sword And let you know I was ready to fight I would protect that which needed protecting You tried […]
The timer keeps sounding. Tick tick tick. If that is how an alarm sounds. How did we first come to describe a clock’s sound that way? Not that it matters. Sound is sound. And repetitive sound just goes round and round. Annoyingly so. The dog, meanwhile, is underfoot […]
What else can you sweep under a rug without lifting it up to see what’s under it? Perchance, how many muddied rugs do you have? If you have everything to lose why not go for it? How do you play catch up when you are kept behind the […]
I finally slept as I needed to I couldn’t keep it away No dance could lift my body No words could soothe the aches I let my head land on the pillow I buried myself deep under the covers I kept all thoughts at bay I swallowed the […]
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