Unobtainable

Now that I'm engaged, the reality of my wish to be married before my grandmother forgot who I was has fully crashed down upon me.

And I'm Losing Hope

I don't know how to fix this.

Behind Blue Eyes

Lying on the couch watching the patterns my slowly dying eyes paint against the fog-grey walls, I cannot help but wonder if there is even any point in hoping for a cure for an affliction that hardly anyone seems to realize exists.

This End Up

The fragility of things, whether true or simply inferred, worries me at times but there is little I am able to do.

Not For Children

Today, in the playground of my old elementary school, a teenage boy was made to kneel before having a pistol put to the back of his head and the trigger was pulled - sending a single shot into this skull.

Silly Things Like Text Format And Paper Quality Bug Me

I actually dislike the edition of Leaves of Grass that I have to the point that it makes me irritated every time that I see it.

I Foresee A Game Of Trunk Tetris In My Near Future

I don't think you ever truly realize just how much stuff you've collected over the years until you are forced to put it into a multitude of little boxes that will be light enough for you to carry without assistance.

Your Tax Dollars At Work

I cannot understand the logic involved with the decision to buy automatically flushing toilets and automated paper towel dispensers but only have one soap dispenser (which is decidedly on its last legs) in a bathroom with two sinks.

The Very Word "Diction" Confuses Them

Esoteric is among the list of words that I love but feel odd using due to the vocabulary level of the general public.

Why Am I So Broken?

One would think that a day that contained both the acquisition of a new car and a word of thanks from someone who doesn't often give them would be a wonderful day, but that could not be further from the truth.

Betrayal From A Known Source But For Unknown Reasons

I think that it might be for the best if I stop trying to decipher the meaning behind people's actions and their motivations and simply accept them for who and what they are.

Perhaps He Awaits Me At The Top Of The Tower

I feel that due to the massive amounts of drama in my life right now, I have unintentionally denied him in the experience of discussing his favorite book series with me.

VA Here We Come - Spectral Wolves Or No

This is totally how I foresee tomorrow going.

Do The Twist

How twisted must our society be to have the very art of healing - something that should be just as much a right as education is - be the origin of so many financial burdens for the masses yet the proverbial 'gravy train' for the few?

It Hurts Me To Say, But Sometimes The Truth Must Come Out

Parents can be real fuckers sometimes.

I Wish I Had A River I Could Skate Away On

You cannot create peace with someone who only desires war.

Faith, Blind

Blind faith is as dangerous as it is foolish.

Exposed

I was a fool to have bought the sundress.

I'm A Pepper

Some days do not lend themselves particularly well to insightfulness.

This Mortal Life

No one gets out alive.