October (Ramblings, Pt. 3)
What I felt that night was barely short of indescribable: a perplexing mix of extreme infatuation and the certainty of unattainability. It was an intoxicating…
Just a Funk
Is it even worth it? you ask, your head lifting a fraction of an inch from its place in your hands. I don’t answer right away, a little shocked you brought…
A Wall.
This is it. This is the test you’ve been working towards your whole life. I skim the edge of the paper with the end of my finger tip. The epidermis of the…
(Day 12) What you SHOULD be worried about...
tick-tick-tick whirrrrmmm tick-tick-tick-tick BANG! I sit up, drenched in sweat, the same way I’ve been doing for a week now. Maybe it’s the ambient…
You say you love me-Part 1
You say that you love me But you don’t know me How can you love someone that you don’t know? You say you’ll fight for me But all that you show me Is that you…
Untitled Poem #10
Cycling. Endless repeats of past, present, and future failures. I worry far too much about the inevitable distance that will soon plague my every waking…
The Amnesiac
The people seem to think me a prophesied hero. Some sort of mythical figure, here to save them all. Could it be me? Truly? I think not, and yet so many others…
Little Dreamer's Gone to War
Little dreamer’s gone to war Still in the fight before Called upon off he goes Didn’t volunteer Won’t say no Shall we call this bravery Up for the pounding In…
Bob and Fred
Bob and Fred met Trouble and Doubt in the fair after visiting the fortune teller who said ominously, “When in trouble, when in doubt, run around, scream and…
Curve and Multiply
You are never who you wanted to be. Lent time, shoulders, fame and money, you did with it what you dreaded. College laughed at you, and while you garnered high…
Command Decisions Or Why Sometimes It's Good to Be Quiet
The cheers rang out, and the assorted host congratulated one another heartily for their determination and collected moxie. Prince Therod especially beamed with…
Bitter
You know, I was hoping until the moment his mouth formed her name. Even though I had told myself I wouldn’t-my secret is that I did. The secret I hid from…
Drawing the line
Out there, in our world of office buildings, of cubicles, of day after day after day repeating a meaningless task, we can lose our focus-our reason for being…
Character of my Own
I want a character of my own because whenever I think, speak, do, I ask: “Should I have thought, spoke, done?” Matt always has a witty response to everything…
Slipping Away
I can feel it- that sinking feeling when he says it’s too much. I can feel our love slipping right out from under us. I want us to survive this, but I’m not…
Threshold
It looks and seems so simple from the other side of the plate glass. Looking on at the others, I can see the next step. It is so obvious, glaring bright red…
Decision (II)
I decide that I’m stilling going to go through with the abortion. I push out the second thoughts in my head, take a deep breath and walk through the doors to…
Writer's Block
There he sat again, staring at the mostly white webpage that was splashed with a hint of red up in the banner. The blinking cursor sat in the body of the…
You Know What To Do
Over the next few days, I held on to the idea of her liking me. I still had my doubts, as I always do when it comes to things such as this, but in a way she…
A Find!
My eyes lay to rest upon a journal that I had not opened in a very long time. It was leather-bound and tied together with a thin leather string. Upon opening…