A year ago today was the last day I did not know you. I accepted you into my home unmet, sight unseen. The tiniest little creature to bring so much love to my life...and so much chaos to the lives of Anja, Samwise, Sukha, and especially Lemur. What a threatening single tooth! Happy day before…
Limit less
Embrace your banned books, there is something there They do not want you to see. Shrouded Disappearing
Fall from Reason
In which I feel more and more the cracks forming at the feet of a society that ought to be accepting, nay, supportive, of differences of opinion, or lifestyle. The bedrock that has been so long in the building can and is being whittled, carved, bulldozed from beneath and it is crumbling. I feel that…
Cracked
Here I stand in that moment where I cannot recall the least inkling of my motivation for making my way to a different room (though it EXISTS and it was important I promise...) But I can dance around, in this room I have no knowledge of my reasons for inhabiting, belting out a song I…
Never Fly
Fish Tails Debra keeps her bettaIn a little bowl with rocks.He's a happy healthy fishThe prettiest for five blocks! Harry has some goldfishHe keeps them in a pond.His fish are always thrivingThey have a special bond. Leta is the bravestWith her piranhas in a tankShe boldly cleans their waterAnd Feeds them on beef flank. Because…
State of (Lost)
Paused
Breathe. Repeat. When does life begin again? How do we continue, then? Never Too hard. Loss of life, beloved, and laughter, Will everyone awaken after? Never Too few. A challenge asked, how far we'll go, Until we're forced, we'd never know. Never Too far.
Alone With Myself
Social Distancing.In the beginning I realize that I do not socialize. No, That is not true, I already knew I was an antisocial creature, however this Social Distancing mandate has thrown into stark relief the extent to which I do not care about socialization. I regret, momentarily, that I no longer have the option to…
Fog of Dreams
Sink deeply into someone else's dream, or nightmare. Open all your windows, and break down all your doors, believe in the fantasies that seep through the cracks. A different world to cradle you into the darkness.
Any Dream will do, or, For the Dreams and their Dreamers
You know the Dream. It started long ago, you may not even be aware of when, and even if you don't think about it for years, decades, it still haunts you sometimes. You still wish, a little bit, that you had taken that road (it led to another version of your life), the one that…
The Red Queen's Garden 