Words to Worlds

Suffocating

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:50:04 -0400

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

Bolt

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 23:57:58 -0400

Most days

I wake hoping

to feel inspired

But it strikes

like a lightning bolt

at the most unpredictable

places.

On Seeing the Clouds While Driving Home

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:39:49 -0400

The evening clouds

were magic: light, dark, glowing,

breathing through the sky.

Not yet! I am currently in the process of sending it off to agents. It's an exciting time but I'm not a very patient person so I have to resist the temptation to just self publish on amazon. I really only want to do that as a last resort! What sorta stuff do you write?

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:33:06 -0400

Me too. Trying to get my query and synopsis cleaned up. I write mostly fantasy. Kind of medieval times stuff. But I like a lot of supernatural elements so that’s usually in my writing. What do you write?

Which sounds better?

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:38:54 -0400

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?

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:21:46 -0400

Which sounds better and/or more interesting??

Phoenix Flare

Phoenix Kindled

Phoenix Spark

but you didn't.

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:54:32 -0500

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

Lessons Learned in 2012

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 01:20:35 -0500

*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.

The Good and the Bad of It

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 02:45:07 -0500

Some days (and nights too)

it feels like a single breath

could knock me over

Happy End of the World Eve

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:33:02 -0500

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.

227,220

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:44:43 -0500

Estimated word count of my now “done” novel!! (barring any more edits….)

Swell

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:05:33 -0400

There are times

days

nights

moments between

when my tongue is bitten

it begs to dance

tell the world something

anything

but it’s much too swollen

to work properly

and can’t waltz

or foxtrot

or even dance interpretively.

Fallen haiku

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:35:56 -0400

On nights like this one

I miss how the rain falls down

and kisses the ground

Summer’s gone now

and many things have fallen

The rain still hasn’t.

Hi, I just wanted to say I'm really enjoying reading through your work.

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 23:21:58 -0400

Thanks very much! I enjoy getting feedback

More&More

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:52:01 -0400

The world saddens me

(more and more)

because

people are fickle

animals

and nothing suits them.

Too afraid

to be judged

unfit.

We lose ourselves

we lose our family

(good people)

more and more

and the sun shines

a bit less

than it used to, it seems.

Everyday I’m reminded

of the struggle

between land and water

heat and cold

(inside me).

With each stroke

suffocating air

engulfs

more and more

Inner Truths

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:01:30 -0400

I am who I am

and you can’t change that

and neither can I

essentially.

Impossibly

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 18:13:26 -0400

Sometimes I feel that

my body cannot contain

everything I feel.

So tired

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:29:52 -0400

of being disappointed

Wreck

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:05:51 -0400

I’m a wreck

and you know it

not through any fault of yours

I do this myself

and I’m just lucky you’re there

to keep me

going.

"Que voy hacer? Je suis perdue"

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:10:26 -0400

“Que voy hacer? Je suis perdue”

- Manu chao