tags: stillness

2006

November

2006 Nov 13
traipsing around north county

And the way I feel tonight
I could die and I wouldn’t mind
And there’s something going on inside
Makes you want to feel makes you want to try
Makes you want to blow the stars from the sky

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2007

March

2007 Mar 18
and everything grows still before the tempest

Maybe things are not so still, though I wish it were so. I can feel Time swirling all around me, and I’m just trying to keep my head above the water, wanting to just stay still, but knowing that I’m going to keep moving whether I want to or not.

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September

2007 Sep 4
convoluted

every thought is second-guessed
every impulse examined
every sliver of hope is processed
every emotion filtered

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2007 Sep 4
dreaming

“will you come with me?”
and she would say “yes”
just that
and I would know

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2007 Sep 4
even starlight fades

the fragrance of her hair haunts me
the way her eyes sparkle when she smiles
the sound of her laughter
the curve of her face
the quiet grace of her every move

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2016

January

2016 Jan 29
Fear of Starting

Worried that if I start, then I won't finish
all these loose wayward threads
I am still shuffling, still scavenging
untying knots and burning frayed ends

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