SKIPPING STONES

WRITTEN BY IAMKIITAN AND HASTYWORDS ◊◊ Fluid yellow tinted strokes Color sunbeams on time They fade into a distance As a rotating globe defines   There and then I sat Looking into the skies Lost in the painful memory of it all Where do I begin?   Memories skip their stones Over shallow muddy waters…

CONCEITED by Gunnar Jones

There is a song by Shane Henry named Beauty in the Struggle that I am always reminded of when I think of Gunnar Jones.  Some of the most beautiful people are thrown into some of the hardest struggles.  I am pleased to publish this guest blog written by Gunnar Jones.  You can follow him on…

CHILDREN PLAYING

Written by This Old Toad and HastyWords   Summer laughter floating fog Children playing everywhere Please quiet the barking dog Rhyme with me today I dare   Feel the cool dancing breeze And the suns glow shine warm The trees flowing teasing As we sit and rhyme without a care   Knowing this makes a…

MOMMA’S LIGHT

I was always paranoid and afraid of every corner in my room I could feel them watching me, waiting to take me What if they came again tonight, their hungry faces angry Fright often laced my eyes up tight as I tried hiding in the night   I can see them momma…out of the corners…

PATIENCE AND THE TROLL

Originally posted on HASTYWORDS:
Today I look like I do any other day from an outsider’s perspective.  However, today I have put myself in time out.  I am not allowed to have any important conversations about feelings.  I am not allowed to think destructive or self-deprecating thoughts.  I am not allowed to sit and sulk. …