Over time marriage morphs from raging fire to comfortable routine sailing a ship over the ever-changing sea when we take each other for granted tending to daily roles as parents taxi drivers housekeepers and tax payers stealing away in little moments when we swim like hell to converge on an island where we can be spouses and lovers and friends a rush of dialogue poured into ten minutes as we solve life’s problems and dream just a little before a…
Indifference is the the act of reaching in and pulling out your heart to avoid feeling pain – It’s widely accepted as good social etiquette by a society of automatons who may as well fork their tongues – Donning blinders refusing to see anything other than what you want to see In the office At the market Driving through quiet streets – Push Push Self Self – nothing else exists – A quick way to a cold heart that can…
I take no pride in being white this is merely the skin that my soul landed in – the fact that you make such a big fuss about the color of yours makes me think that you don’t think enough about your soul – unbound beautiful absolutely unique with an important contribution to the benefit of us all your soul yearns for connection – just be wary of the lies shouted by the darkness that there’s safety in numbers of…
There are no maps out here in the wild blue – just oceans of screens and their masters – interfacing in private in public – drooling like meth addicts – indifferent to the pressure – to be normal like generations past – with their rulebooks and antiquated etiquette – ignorant to the blurred line between real life and netiquette – searching for answers on devices they condemn – contradicting themselves in an attempt to understand – just not as well…
Each of us is born with a beast inside a tiny creature with its eyes glued shut that lives in our hearts where it puts down roots and plays hopscotch between ventricles. – We name it Passion and are told that it can be tamed so we spend our lives teaching it to sit and stay absolutely still until we order it to break. – But some of us are born with recalcitrant beasts that we attempt to muzzle and…
Sure I trust her Indeed I do It’s the boy I question Making up worst case scenarios so that I’ll be ready – He pulls in the driveway gets out of his car smiling and approaches swallowing hard He sticks out his hand I look down then finally take it slowly lifting my eyes back to meet his applying just enough pressure so that he knows damn well what this girl means to me – “Have her back by nine”…
