"going to the edge and back, one word at a time."
I carve the midnight wax.I sit in a dimly lit room and slice the sticky surface,flossed paper thin,a millimeter from being invisible,and study the premeditated etch with tired eyes,the lines becoming more defined as it cools. I feel like a master sculptor who pretends to be a nobody.I push the heated wax just enoughthen release …
I would go to bed the night before and be thinking about it,and I would dream about it and the master plan at hand and in my make believe fantasy that I thought I personally controlled something would still go wrong,and I thought I had exited out my strategy and un-looped all my loopholes and …
It's so lonely nowadays...isn't it?.....looking at things by yourself...looking at yourself by yourself...while you hold it in your hand and run your finger over it... ...eyes spying...staring...poking...prodding......as you lay on your couches...in your underwear...on your beds...in your car...while you sit idle at work...or hunched over on your kneecaps while sitting on the toilet......naked...exposed...bare......that something catches …
Day 1 Daddy, it's been one day since you died, and I miss you now more than ever. You used to live six minutes from me on a backroad drive through the countryside and now you are nowhere to be found, a futile manhunt that will never end until we reunite again one day. I …
You do not have time anymore. Time has us. The master of thieves. ... If you want to see the ocean, go see it. If you want to see a live band, go to that concert. If there is a dream you want to chase, go and try to manifest it. If you want to …
I tried running away. Seriously. I did. But she still found me. She looked for me just as much as I tried to hide from her, whether it was in my dreams or while living in the unusual decay of a forgotten town I once knew and felt safe in when I was younger or …
I once knew a little boy that was so full of life... he was never scared... he thought the world was safe... he ate Fruity Pebbles and watched old school Looney Tunes... he actually looked forward to the humid summertime heat... he had endless energy... he avoided work at all costs... he rode bicycles on …
HeY, YoU, long time no talk, how are YoU holding up? ... Are YoU doing okay? I've really, really missed YoU... ... like, REALLY, REALLY... not just reaLLy reaLLy... What?.. ... Things been tough lately? ... Somewhat chaotic? ... Somewhat out of place? ... Somewhat abnormal? ...yeah... I know how YoU feel... ... It feels …
* if it is hard for you to take a break from our current reality and listen to an open minded opinion of what a single soul sees and feels and reflects on in his present parallel, then this post is definitely NOT for you. Let's begin... (also, it is good to be back with …
On my nightstand, my cell phone alarm echosbefore the first peaking crumb of morning sunlight -I smell coffee laced air after a long restless nightand stumble down the foggy hall of a work week’s shadow.-Endless road...Drive...More endless...Drive...Lines on asphalt, road signs,..Drive...turn signals, cruise control...-I brush my teeth, urinate, and quietly beholdas I hesitantly sit atop …
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