Trepidation Been burned before Happiness turned to feelings of betrayal Joyfulness not everafter To trust again To build up anew A bloody pinprick Scarred up tissue No blindfolds this time No unwavering trust No gullible facades No more your crooked fingers But movement forward But thawed out veins […]
Despite your trepidation you enter the fray Despite your gut you say that it is ok Despite knowing its wrong you believe that it is right You fool yourself into thinking you can go though with it all But it ain’t ok It isn’t meant to be […]
There is a time when all anxiety is stripped from your core. Or rather, there are a few times when that anxiety is stripped. I am one of those odd extroverted introverts. Which means that I am shy but I can put on a good show. I […]
Many years ago, I was watching Sesame Street with my son and I got a huge chuckle out of a segment called there’s an app for that which focused on a IPOGO app that replaces the good old pogostick. It was taking on the obsession with […]
A bit of whimsy is a true delight in one’s life. I am a firm believer in whimsy. The word whimsy has been around for over four hundred years at least. But I do not feel that we use it enough. Nor do we live it enough. […]
I needed to prove it And I did I got beaten up But I survived I wasn’t broken Although time mightily tried Time failed in trying to swindle me And, now I know I truly can do anything No one can take this away from me I am […]
She thought about how tired she was. Although, she didn’t really need to dedicate much thought to that state of being. It was rote. It was just how things were. She needed to buy a few more items before she could head home to handle all the other […]
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 […]