EVERYONE IS CRAZY

Sometimes we all lose control Undiagnosed Hidden deep down Moving around In the underneath Snaking its way With insensitivity Prolonging emotions With turbulent chaos Acts of joy and love Riddled with shame Deep sadness Unrelenting anxiety No escaping barriers Foundational walls Built to protect Are falling in Rubble cascading Toward a mad demise Each betrayal…

UNCIVILIZED

WRITTEN BY ST MARY AND HASTYWORDS Thrown into a role for survival This couldn’t be further from me It killed my art and my pride Is it any wonder I’m always anesthetized? The days don’t belong to me And my dreams, well… They are stored inside drawers of metal Inside folders filed and alphabetized Killing…

I FEAR ME

31 DAYS OF HORROR (Link your scary stuff in the comments) I FEAR My own mind Being totally irrelevant Depression may not scare you but it scares me I worry there will be more of it someday than of me It tells me, quite convincingly, everyone would be better off Better off without me… and…

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…

CRAZY TURNED TWO

When I realized my blog turned two last week I revisited some of my earlier posts.  So many of my most personal feelings have been given life within this domain.  I am not sure I have grown much, or that my writing has matured, but I can see that I am just as crazy now…

MY DREAM KEPT ME

My dreams are always from my perspective, I am always me, and they are as real as my waking life. Most of the time the dream is light; I will have a conversation or do something that will solve a real life problem I have been having. Those dreams are always handy. If my life…

#ASKMESTUFF

I am often shocked at some of the questions people ask me when nobody else is listening. I mean, often times I think, “Is that really the vibe I give off?”  If you passed me on the street you wouldn’t look twice.  I am a very average mom and wife but I have had a…