Creative musings

tonight i sleep long and deep.
tonight i dream.
in my dream i am walking down a road paved with Hope
in shoes of Idealism and Naivety.
the road is long and dark
but my feet...more

hot wind
breathing heavy on my face
as it runs through my hair;
desperate to escape.

red sun
burning with forgotten feelings,
melting down toward the...more

i gaze out the dirty, third floor window
of my high-rise apartment,
watching in silence as the sweating sun
kisses the midnight sky,
turning it crimson with passion and...more

i am standing in a River flowing sdrawkcab.
wetness creeps up my pantlegs
as Water spits and splashes around me.
my eyes are shut,
but my mind reaches out
and sees...more

the Sun is low on the horizon,
large and deep orange,
heavy like a balloon full of water
about to burst.
the Sky is blue and pink and purple
smeared like icing by sticky...more

i am aquarius.
i like to lick empty envelopes and mail them to timbuktu (where-ever that is)
because i imagine their world to be very different from my own
(maybe sunny and scattered...more

silence lets unspoken words expand
filling every inch of breath
with awkward insecurities.
a dream dies best in silence,
forgotten amongst hope & expectation,
buried...more

Sunlight streaming through the holes of my soul
blinding stagnant morals left behind
from days of innocence and ignorance.
Each beam dances on my spirit
casting shadows on...more

I feel the rhythm of the train
rumbling through my veins,
tempo taking over
until my heart beats in time.

Each of us sit silent at our windows
as the morning light...more

blue that reaches.
blue that seeks the very end.
pink that fades into the water blue.
yellow lingers on
and dances in the crystal world
as white tops crash into cold stones...more

i love in Circles
bliss

angst       angst

bliss
but cry in infinite L     i     n     e     s.
my heart is a Triangle.
sharp
and...more

the world has worn me ragged
and i am tired. i am exhausted.
people tearing and ripping, gnawing and biting,
breaking my heart into pieces,
shreds of hope and confidence...more

choose one word to describe yourself:
Infinite.

i hate those quizzes,
the ones that ask you to describe yourself in Fragments.
Fragments are fitting—
but that's not the...more

everyone says it's a game or a dance—
i think its inevitable,
a cycle—
like weather or the food chain.
there's a system, an order
from which you can never deviate.
you...more

my darling, the night pervades me
as dreams unlived disrupt my sleep.
tonight, i ask for more than words:
just hold me in your arms
and expect nothing more.
i have nothing...more

sitting at the dresser
eyes trapped in the mirror
staring. wanting...more.
but nothing changes.

lost in the reflection,
vision blurs
and at once, the image is...more

yellow light breaks over everything,
it's warmth singeing the skin.
people racing to escape,
taking shelter in the shadows,
huddled together like cattle.
i sit alone in the...more

sunlight streaming through the holes of my soul,
blinding stagnant morals left behind
from days of innocence and ignorance.
each beam dances on my spirit,
casting shadows on...more

i hear the footsteps of my unborn children
pit-pat on the cold, linoleum kitchen floor

soft and pink and covered in mud
dark red clay mixed with tears from heaven
caked into...more

i like to walk barefoot on burning asphalt.
naked feet hopping over ragged stones,
searing sunshine pouring through every gap,
hot, sweating skin & the smiling sun upon my...more

a dense red fog surrounds my mind
pervading every thought that threatens to emerge.
my heart sits tied in knots—
twisting and pulling—
desperate for a day when the pain will...more

time has no meaning
when i walk in that back door
and put a nametag on my turquoise polo,

my ball and chain.

suddenly, time disappears,
a figment of this dreamer's...more

chalk marks the spot—
a shooting at the Waffle House.

pancakes & laughter
friendship smeared with butter
topped with strawberries & maple syrup
soaking up the...more

leaving, no matter how welcome it may seem,
is hardest tonight.
i think it's the potential,
what could be, what only just began.
with time, what if?
but what ifs are...more

The rolling curves of her emerald dress
glimmer in the strobe lights
which dance a figure-eight across the floor.

Hips swaying to the steady rhythm,
her gown becomes a...more

sitting at my desk, cold and metal,
the recycled memories of long-dead trees
sleeping blankly before me,
my mind wanders.

all my life i've been waiting here,
silent,...more

i seem to remember his lips
a ghostly touch, too idyllic
and red—like the color of my cheeks
as his hand enveloped my face

i seem to remember his voice
the echoes of a...more

count breaths
2…3…
watch their eyes
their lips
what they have to say
beyond words

a colored shirt and sweater vest
hair fresh from the golf course
beside...more

in her dreams there is a boat
and water bluer than a clear day sky.
gently the waves lap up
beating on the sides of the boat like a tambourine,
a slow and steady rhythm to set...more

i spent this semester wandering in a fog
with only one desire—escape.
then you—
warmth and joy, comfort and ease,
the most perfect evening.
words flowed like...more

standing in the middle of the road of Life,
trembling, i close my eyes.
inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale.
opening to see the same menacing road.

which way to go?

a black...more