writing

Get Me Off

If you can, I’ll certainly let you. My vacation has started. Glory, glory! After 10 straight days at work, I’d say I’ve earned it. Two weeks off from work to not do anything so just spectacular. I’ll be visiting friends, deciding on applying to a program to start an advanced degree, and heading to a …

Obscure Blog

I wouldn’t be missed if I disappeared. I would, as in me. It’s my blog that would fade right into obscurity if I suddenly stopped posting. People always chastise me when I mention that my blog hardly gets any hits. I should participate in memes (done that), or writing prompt sites (done that), or comment …

Girl, Please

Is this an update of sorts? Time to talk really. This is my blog so in theory I can do what I want. Since I’ve cut my hair, I’ve struggled with how I’m perceived. Let’s all be honest and say our definition of beauty is colored by a multitude of things. Attractiveness is as well. …

Red streaks

When I’m awake this late My mind going for reasons unstated I become excited by dawn Eager for the brushing streaks My face turning to the window My eyes searching for the sun’s blush Taking snapshots of the sky mentally Holding the first breath of perfection Making it mine for just one moment Praying I …

Smoke and mirrors

Thirty feels no different than twenty-nine. Well, it doesn’t if I don’t think about the fact that my next major decade is forty… Never mind that potential mental breakdown, I’m back from vacation. Sadly that means back to work soon. I keep thinking about how I don’t feel real sometimes. Take this perfectly staged photo …

I wasn’t

I almost titled this “I wish I wasn’t”. Because I care too much about how people feel about me, I don’t handle people turning away from me well. Opinions and silence matter equally to me, and inconsistency is confusing. I wish I wasn’t so sensitive Unbelievably fragile when I don’t believe I am Speak with …