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…

RESILIENT HEARTS

May 20th 2013 – An F5 tornado killed 24 people of which 10 were children.  Nearly 400 people were injured and, last I heard, 12-14 thousand homes were destroyed.  A large majority of the homes didn’t have even one wall left standing.  The tornado was nearly 1.5 miles across at its widest and was on…

KILLING SHADOWS

When Shruti wants to write…we write!  🙂  Love you pretty girl! Written by A Shade of Pen and HastyWords In this maze of life, I keep seeing shadows Are people always shady or have I been cursed so? I thought you to be my soul mate and yet you crushed me deep Now, I wonder…

WORDS

My first duet with Shackled and Crowned.  If you haven’t seen her blog I urge you to visit.  I enjoyed writing this piece.  “It doesn’t matter if you and everyone else in the room are thinking it. You don’t say the words. Words are weapons. They blast big bloody holes in the world. And words…

RARE ROMANCE

Take my last breath Use it to keep you alive You care about me But there is nothing You can do if I don’t believe Save your song For someone better There is always someone Better She is a lot like me But she isn’t So you have nothing to lose You won’t even notice…

DEADLY TONGUE

WRITTEN BY Alex Hicks and HastyWords     Words ignite like dangerous fireworks A spreading detonation of sparks A dramatic uncontrolled display Threatening mischief before leaping into the sky   Each letter bringing forth colors Like a painting on a canvas Swirls of reds, yellows, greens and blues Painted by a delicate hand   Beautiful…

THE ABBY NORMAL HEART

Have you ever seen Young Frankenstein?  If not you should, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman are genius.  Anyway, I am frustrated…and for some reason I thought of this scene.  I am frustrated because I feel like Frankenstein sometimes.  I guess maybe we all do.  Like we were built wrong…well duh…none of us are perfect right? …

VIOLENCE ON CANVAS

Written by BrandonBored and HastyWords Is it fate Or beginner’s luck The respawning life Of the face you struck   The devil looks up Surprised by you He has taken notice Of the things you do   Dragon’s breath With words that burn She’s suffered enough I welcome your turn   With total disrespect Your…

BORROW MY EYES

Written by BrandonBored and HastyWords Please keep Brandon and his friend in your thoughts!     Can it really be true? I see what he does to you Yet you see things different Though it’s happening to you   A gift to look forwards To see what can happen But insight comes from times I…

LOST AT SEA

Written by TheNightSyde and Hastywords     She stood on the sandy shore Watching the tide play rock a bye Feelings draining, drowning Being washed out into the sea   The turmoil in her soul Reflected by stormy waves She knows the time has come And by morn she must away Away to where she…