December 2011
12 posts
mushaboom: Like Water Lost in the Sea →
shelbisays:
I floated along. Waves pushed this lifeless body to shore and into the light. Sinking into the thickness of the sand. Air brushed over, pushing my eyes into the sun. I began to use these ligaments of mine. And before I knew anything, I was standing. Hands searched my body, feeling to make sure I…
From a girl who can create new worlds with mere words.
From a girl I hold...
Listen
on return
As much as you think you know me, there are things I keep hidden inside.
Reasons why I am so comfortable being alone, and the reasons why I don’t want to be.
You have inspired me to try to write again, to open up. so this is for you.
I remember receiving a phone call from a thousand miles away while I lived on my own. My mother had be admitted to the hospital for her heart...
Dying is easy. It's that living part.... (written...
In the middle of the west Texas heat I find myself standing between rows of oak trees with sweat dripping off my brow. Here I am told, is where I will be buried. This is not the place I would have imagined. No green, no iconic American flags, not even the slightest bit of color graced by a flower. Just brush, dirt, moldy head stones, and the elder oak trees to provide shade in the hottest hours...
keeping tabs on my sanity
I feel lost. What happens when the goals that I’ve been striving for become entirely too out of reach? I have become an age where I feel I should have accomplished more. Should have written more, should have kept up with where I was going. Now I am here, possibly lost, or possibly on the verge of an unfound excellence. Whatever it is, it has me scared. I try so hard to do, and do what I do...
Softly I speak, the way I know best.
I had bred my future with fear, birthing a reckless deceit.
Now in recollect, I was faithless, half hearted, and disposable.
A nomad to the barren land that surrounded my faith.
Out of nowhere she came, speaking a language undiscovered
Capable of opening your eyes to a way most can’t see.
Your heart in a way some can’t feel.
She gave a glimpse, now I find myself
immersed in...
