This is for you

Susan wanted to scream. Up above her, the sky was at the clearest of blues. After 3 weeks of downpour her backyard was a brown mess of drowning dead grass and half buried bottles. She took it as a sign it was time to leave. Yet now, out of nowhere, the sun came out to […]

Progression of a Writer; Day 13

The rain fell during the night as I slept, yet I feel all of its consequences as I look out upon the world today. I am wearing a sweater, its collar pulled high up against the scruff of my neck, doing its very best to protect the lobes of my ears from the brisk chill. […]

Progression of a Writer; Day 12

Today I will talk about pain. Today I feel it in the small of my back. A result of swimming too far with a false belief that I could compete the invisible advisory always one length ahead of me. Two months ago, the pain was in my chest. Two months ago, the medicine I took […]

Progression of a Writer: Day 11

I am a bad writer. I ask you to not take sympathy or discredit this statement. Simply understand, that I am a bad writer. Now, take a moment and realize how incredible it is to write “badly”. To realize how unshackled I now feel. How free I now feel! To write to my hearts content […]

Contemplation of the constellations; Earth

Imagine if you would, a woman walking the city streets in the middle of the night. She feels incredibly alone, shivering, for the light of distant windows is neither warm nor welcoming. So she decides to create ideas in her head, many silly and others profound. The best ones she tells to herself aloud, and […]

Comtemplation of the constellations; Venus

I did my best to still my restless legs, bouncing uncontrollably as I stared at a blank page in front of me. I could think of nothing to write, though I felt the over welming pressure growing in the void just beyond my right ear. “Well?” She finally spoke, the sound hitting the side of […]

Contemplation of the constellations; Mercury

I recently found myself attracted to the external bodies of our solar system. My heart pulled away from Earth, longing to accept another’s gravity. As I felt this longing, I contemplated the planet closest to the sun. Mercury, all fire and doom. I remember clearly disregarding it as a child, being featureless and inhospitable. Yet […]

An obituary to my shoes

I have some strange attachment to my pair of work shoes, and now I must discard them. They are brown oxfords, Showing the wear of almost two years. They themselves were a replacement for my first ever business style shoe, having preferred sneakers, sandals, or best of all bare feet that would paint my […]

Progression of a writer; Day 10

An apology is in order to all my readers. I am sorry to have neglected writing each day. I have no excuses, nor do I have a story to share about some fantastical mistake that took place on my way to get coffee. All I can share is that life simply went on as dust […]

Progression of a writer; Day 9

Today I bought a coffee that was flavored with the essences of springs from memory. Honey and lavender stired into thick milk and expresso. It was an endulgence to be sure, yet a feeling of cleanliness soothed my heart and mind. It was a drink of nature, with ingredients that seemed over-joyed to be in […]