Enormous cavern
clawed into being with your absence
Swallowing me whole
Drowning
Screaming underwater
Come back!
I want the frustration and the stubbornness The confusion and the disappointment
I want your laughter
I want the terrible advice I didn't ask for
I want your nosiness your mischievousness your childishness and your child-like-ness
I want most of ( Read more... )

grief
the ultimate nonlinear
one moment you're here
mundane
toothbrush
then all of a sudden
you're holding in your hands
the last clothes she wore
before the hospital gown
and you can't believe she's dead
she can't be dead
this can't be happening
my heart is screaming
so loud it fills the grand canyon
I can't breath
how is this possible
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( Go ahead, sing it! )

You never feed me.
Perhaps I'll sleep on your face.
That will sure show you.

Wanna go outside.
Oh, crap! Help! I got outside!
Let me back inside!
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Wild Geeseby Mary Oliver ( Read more... )

Cruel Clever Cat
Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.
-Geoffrey Taylor

Success
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty,
to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better,
whether by a healthy child,
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