Lullaby carried to me on a clear tone. Whispers of freedom gold. Seen in the way sun beams reflect onto nearby walls. Sanctuary separate from everyday life. You can feel it too can’t you? Your heart longs for it. *** Talisman of perfect calm. The same kind found in the ocean air and seaglass. There…

Woe to you that can only relate to yourself. Nostalgia your only functional drug. Forever getting high off your own supply. I know how little you have left to obsess over. There never seems to be anything new to you. It is kind of sad how little you have just to try and fill the…

I know it hurts. You are back in your shell of protection. Sequestered away until you know you feel better. That better day could be tomorrow or in the distant future. You will hold on until you do not have to anymore. It is not all bad though. *** Not everyone handles pain well. Lashing…

Sometimes I forget that life is not supposed to have a soundtrack. I go about my day with a tune in my mind. It can take all I have to even just turn down the volume. Diving through my head like a lost songbird. Easier to make it use a different sound than silence completely.…

Twelve months of perspective unfolded to observe. Eleven changes to ponder just for myself. Ten wishes to think of during the daylight hours when stars are away. Nine favorite moments that make me who I am. Eight struggles that shape the edges of my character. Seven days a week to keep up a regular habit.…

I have always been kind of bold. Never the loudest voice but always the first to speak. Never the most confident, But ready to make a decision at a moments notice. Following through to the very end. The consequences may come. *** I have always been kind of bold. Replicating those I admire. Taking on…

I still remember those old times. Before memory was fully crystallized. Kept liquid under the glow of a single reading light. How bored I was then. Even as I was taken to different worlds. I am not sure I would have gone on my own. *** I was carried there. Borne by the words of…