MASQUERADE

Helena is my truth teller. She doesn’t pry, try to fix me, or even know me that well, but she reached out and told me she understood. In fact, as of late, I have several bloggy friends who have formed a casual support group. Sometimes, something will trigger depression but depression doesn’t need a reason…

SPARK OF MADNESS

I am often saddened when a celebrity takes their life but when I heard Robin Williams may have committed suicide I cried.  If this famously funny man, who made millions of people laugh, couldn’t fight depression then what chance do any of us have? Robin Williams was pretending to be an alien when I was…

TOXIC II

Today I wrote a post titled TOXIC.  One of the comments was a poem I just couldn’t let die in comment land.  Check her out and share in her love of all things glitter… Lizzi with Considerings.  Thank you Lizzi! Give me your toxins I will drink them like wine For poison cannot harm One…

Two kisses

Originally posted on polysyllabic profundities:
In the wee hours of the morning, her visits often happen then, the charge in the air is palpable and sleep is still in my head. Her message hangs heavily in the air, the words are always the same. “Two kisses I will give you, to help get you through…

TOGETHER FOREVER

This beautiful girl is one of my first duet partners and I am very lucky to call her friend.  This duet is born of truth and the knowledge we are connected in a way few can be.  I love you dear. Written by Shruti and Hastywords It’s been forever Since we last spoke And such…

RODEO CLOWN

   WRITTEN BY JSTEWART413 AND HASTYWORDS Whirlwind Tailspin Throwing me Into a Wonderwall Starry eyed Side stepping Handsprings And back flips An everyday Rodeo clown Dance freak Drawing Overzealous Staccato Applaud From a crowd Of raucous Cheering Pipsqueaks Is there any Logic Rhyme Reason Rational Lucidity To this chaos Inside of me?

MIND OVER MOUTH

So…. I am a big girl. When I say that I don’t mean I am wearing my big girl panties. I don’t mean I am tall and thick. I mean I am 5’3″ and 195 lbs. I am also old and the pounds I have fought my entire life to lose are sticking to me…

FLIPPING SWITCHES

It happens now and then and please don’t pretend it doesn’t. You know; that irrational behavior that doesn’t sneak up on you but attacks you dead on? Someone pushed that BIG RED BUTTON and it is full throttle, all engines go. Next thing you know you are a powerhouse of artillery sent into overdrive on…