It’s smothering

this skin

clingy and close

Somedays

I wish I could escape it

escape me

for just a little while

Somedays

it would be hard to return

Most days

I wake hoping

to feel inspired

But it strikes

like a lightning bolt

at the most unpredictable

places.

The evening clouds

were magic: light, dark, glowing,

breathing through the sky.

nataliecrown:

anjones:

Which sounds better and/or more interesting??

Phoenix Flare

Phoenix Kindled

Phoenix Spark

I like Phoenix Kindled best…but it depends on which is most appropriate plot wise?

Phoenix Kindled does fit best plot wise but I wasn’t sure if it sounds funky…?

Which sounds better and/or more interesting??

Phoenix Flare

Phoenix Kindled

Phoenix Spark

When I went to bed

I was upset, I was angry,

acting like I slept

When you crawled in too

I stayed awake just hoping

you’d kiss me goodnight

*Life is Not Fair
(but no one promised it would be).
Things happen that you can’t control and that you are helpless against. Sometimes it’s all you can do to hold on. Friends help. So does family. But you have to find something inside yourself as well. Find it. Hold on.

*Making Friends can be Hard.
People aren’t all who they present themselves to be. It can be hard to know who to trust and who not to. It can be hard to have faith in others when people have let you down before, intentionally or not. It’s hard to open yourself up for someone else to not care when you thought they might. And, if friendship isn’t reciprocated, it can make you doubt yourself. Know that not everyone is looking for friendship (go figure) but be open when someone is.

*Making Friends can be Easy.
There are still some genuine people out there. People who like you for you. When you meet these people it will click because you will both be open to getting to know someone and letting someone in your lives. Friendship takes work but not all of it is hard. If you don’t want to let your walls down right away, at least open a window. Keep trying no matter how much it could hurt.

*Losing Someone is Always Hard.
This is actually something I’ve known for many years now. Whether it be family or friend or even acquaintance; whether it be permanent or temporary; whether it be by distance or time; it’s always hard and it will always happen. You can’t live fully without losing pieces of you along the way. It hurts. It may drive you crazy or sad or mad, but that’s the way it is. Cherish what you have while you have it. Do everything you can to appreciate it. You’ll be glad you did once it’s gone. One day, in some way, you’ll regain those pieces, those people. One day.

*The World Doesn’t Stop Turning, so Why Should You?
We are always in motion though we don’t often think about it. Some days, some spans of time, it feels like we’re stuck or have little momentum. Get yourself unstuck. If you aren’t satisfied with something in your life, do something to change it. It sure as hell isn’t going to change itself. You have to work for it. This is a good daily reminder, actually. It’s so easy to concede to things. Do I like this? Well no, but it’s easy so I’m okay with it. That kind of thinking is no good and doesn’t often help anyone better themselves.

*Call Yourself Out
If you say or do or think something that perhaps wasn’t well-intentioned, call yourself on it. You don’t have to do so publicly, unless the situation calls for it. But it’s important you do. The only way we are going to be more open to others or help make the world a little nicer is to be nicer and more understanding ourselves. This won’t solve all the ills of the world. Let’s face it, there are some pretty messed up people out there regardless of their own histories. But maybe checking ourselves will help just the tiniest bit to add a bit of good.

Some days (and nights too)

it feels like a single breath

could knock me over

If the world ends tomorrow

we just spent its destruction’s

eve doing what we always do:

relaxing

comfortable on couches

letting the screen/music/whatever

fill our heads with fiction.

Perhaps we should have celebrated

or at least gave a thought

but it isn’t too late

Yet.

If the world does

not

end

let’s promise

Ourselves

to spend more time

appreciating others

and less time

facing the world

Alone.