CARDBOARD CUTOUTS

The faces look the same Stuck on Popsicle sticks Dancing around clapping Waiting for you to dance Do some tricks! Flip some flips! Maybe do… Something dangerous! We don’t care about you Just entertain us And if you don’t Then onto the next Just stand still Let me look at you Tilt your head just…

SHE IS MY LOVE

She doesn’t think about tomorrow Or fret about what life has in store Right now, she just believes in me   She doesn’t think about the bills Or worry which brand is cheaper Because, for now I am her needs   She doesn’t understand my reasoning For denying her so many of her desires But…

TO BE YOURSELF

TO BE YOURSELF Written by Sandy Ramsey Blogger at: An Honest Sinner   One of the most difficult ideas for me to grasp in this life has been the concept of how to be yourself. When you grow up without the advice to do such a thing or any idea of how to begin, you sometimes…

ALIVE

ALIVE Written by Rachel E Bledsoe Blogger at: The Misfits of a Mountain Mama I can breathe. The early morning hours announce, “It is time.” Writers, the real ones I know, keep strange bedfellows with those fleeting hours before dawn. I am no different. The clock says 1:34 a.m. and I lay there trying to…

IT’S IN THE PIECES

Our relationship wouldn’t last long I could see the end before it even began I knew that truth even as I held out my hand Your eyes were speaking volumes Damaged they said Handle with care they said Your words carefully guarded Small hesitant snippets here Carefully thought out sentiments there You need my help,…

BEAUTIFULLY CONNECTED

On the 18th of November I will be starting a new series on relationships.  I have some amazing, AMAZING pieces so far and I can’t wait to share them with you. If you have a piece you would like to contribute you can submit it by email to hastywords@gmail.com .  You may send anonymously if…

#BeReal – CARYL

My #BeReal guest today is Caryl. I relate so much to my guest today.  I have very little else to say because she says it so well. Thank you Caryl for being honest and vulnerable.  Thank you for being beautifully real and your smile was the first thing I noticed. 🙂   Who am I?…

#BeReal—MARY ROWEN

My #BeReal guest today is Mary Rowen. I pass people everyday and wonder what they are like.  This series is taking an image of a person and then we tell you their story.  Not a made up fictional story about how that person would like to be seen but their deep truths.  People are revealing what they believe makes…

#BeReal – GRETCHEN KELLAWAY

My #BeReal guest today is Gretchen Kellaway. It doesn’t really happen that often.  At least not to me.  I read a piece written by a stranger and feel it was MEANT for me at exactly the right time.  Gretchen wrote this when she submitted the piece: “Here is The Dance! I believe it may have always belonged…

#BeReal – JENNIFER HILDENBRAND

My #BeReal guest today is Jennifer Hildenbrand. Being real is so many different things.  It is about who you are in every phase of life.  Who you choose to be each moment.  We are all real even when we are pretending to be someone else because pretending is a choice we make. Much of Jennifer’s…