I have already written about things people say that annoy me, with “I have a quick question” being at the top. Here are some other phrases that have passed their sell by date. Stay in your lane – It can mean, mind your own business, or stick to your role. It seems to be the … More Overused and Passé Phrases
The color is diffuse, so is my mood June held promise, golden at dusk Savored every bite, like picnic food Worked the muscles, giving off musk The day melts away, sprinklers hissing Morning breeze, before searing heat On my face, the sun’s constant kissing Glistening pool, a refreshing retreat Evening sounds, bares the children in … More Summer Sunset
These days are long, nights auspicious The canopy of stars reaches to infinity In darkness, drifting beneath the heavens Imagining the cosmos when it lost its virginity Swept away by roaring starlight rains Streaking across the glistering starfield Dreams swirl into lustrous puddles Primordial secrets are slowly revealed Hitching a ride on a comet tail … More Once Upon a Time in the Heavens
Can you spend time by yourself and be comfortable doing so? I can. These are my thoughts, experience and reading on the subject. There is a certain amount of misunderstanding and misperception on choosing to be alone at times. Each of us has our own threshold for human contact. The pandemic tested many people as … More Aloneness
Nothing about her can be forgotten Equally memorable is her name Beguiling but unpretentious I’m just a moth to her flame The length of her arm A million miles long In time, she pulled in The embrace held me strong There is me, her and us All distinctive lives Independent yet shared Each keeps our … More 1+1=3
A trek to an inverted neighborhood Nothing soft about hardwood Looking eye to eye with shoes Footwear gossip if they choose Rising to speak and people stare My words drift sideways thru the air Snaking thru people to the objective A smile might change her perspective Life is busy inside my head It’s lonely here … More View From the Floor
The world is a bicycle built for two We wake up alone every morning Love is hard boiled but easily cracks It comes without a consumer warning Each day is a new treasure map Awaiting each drawn in memory The hand guiding the wheel is mine These fresh tracks become my history My lasso hooks … More Left to My Own Devices
A neighborhood is a group of people who share a location. We all live in a neighborhood of some sort. Not every neighborhood is a community, which are people unified by a shared purpose. I move into a new neighborhood recently, and it was a nice change. I went from a middle class neighborhood to … More The Neighborhood
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My purpose seems undefined An independent spirit at best A rebelling loose threat at worst I won’t ever fall in with the rest Tell me why you get my time You show up with a devil’s grin And steal the breath from my lungs I cannot tell if I lose or win You can pitch … More Outlier: The Dotted Line
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