You have the world in your hands,

why do you dare to see how hard you must throw it down to make it break?

The familiar corners of this room seem lonelier now that you've gone off to start your day with a lingering kiss and a fleeting, optimistic glance.

Smile, Darling. We're all okay: so beautifully chaotic, so deliciously unwell.

And of course I'm teasing when I call this passive-aggressive, but this is just my passive-aggressive way of telling you how much I care

Indistinguishable from a fly on the wall, as comfortable as a chair, safe as the fire alarm hanging from the ceiling.

I uncap the little bottle of Visene I keep in the mesh pocket of my dark blue messenger bag: allergy relief. Holding it vertical, I make sure to pull my eyelid back with my fingertips, to prevent the natural reflex from occurring, to stop nature from protecting itself. I gently squeeze the bottle, and in lieu of tears a drop or two of the fluid ( Read more... )

When we could be anything, why would we be a negative force in the universe, a force of darkness? While people may go on acting like people and choosing to run away and choosing to self-destruct, why would we choose to pull our weight like a black hole and pull the universe away from an energy fostering creativity and growth? Why would we use our ( Read more... )

Sometimes the sunlight of late spring softens the harshness of my brow when I feel so compelled to express myself. In these fleeting moments I can only hope that you believe me, that you know I mean it.

As I wait in the street outside, I hear your voice soaring above the trees and piano keys through a curtained window, and I know you mean it.

And again I have to say that people who constantly seek activity, diversion, distraction, or action too miss the point...

Living in the moment doesn't imply an expression of control over circumstance but rather a surrender to infinite awareness.

By worrying about our future or escaping the realities we face, we'd both live through delusion, ( Read more... )

Waiting for the phone to ring. Wondering if I have reception?