DIE KISSING

Writing Challenge: New Year’s Resolutions (Doompocalypse Redux) I have already packed 2012 into a trunk and stuck it somewhere in the furthest reaches of my mind. Maybe it was the loss of a dear friend, Rob, who I will forever miss. Maybe it was the other losses we endured; my beautiful friend lost her son, my…

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…

LIVING WITH FOOD

Daily Prompt: Live to Eat Some people eat to live, while others live to eat. What about you? How far would you travel for the best meal of your life? I certainly eat more than I need to live but I also don’t live to eat either! Food for me is like music…it makes life…

YOU CAN’T PLAY

A couple of months ago my daughter came home and quite simply said…I hate being left out.  Some kids on the playground formed a group to perform in the talent show and kicked her out saying they don’t need a 4th.  Yea…rejection sucks.  Being forgotten and ignored sucks.  Yet it is a part of life…

ONLY IF

Daily Prompt: Forever Young If there were a real Fountain of Youth, would you drink the water? As long as I could share with my family and the friends I have spent my life getting to know! I would only drink From the Fountain of Youth If I could share the cup with YOU  

LOVE IN THE STREAM

Written by PassionWriting and HastyWords The breeze caught my eye Stuck in a nearby tree I watched mesmerized As it danced in front of me Dumbstruck and caught in the moment I was enjoying the beauty, Contemplating the harmony And singing to the beats of love. I am not sure when it happened Only that…

I WISH YOU COULD SEE

Written by BrandonBored and Hastywords I know when you cry Because clouds appear Rain falls from the sky And the worst is what I fear   The storms gather fast Trapping us both in its path How long will it last This self imposed wrath   Tears, hard and fast These clouds will not part…

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…

ASSURANCES OF LOVE

Pharphelonus…thanks for writing with me again 🙂 Written by Pharphelonus and Hastywords Take my hand in yours, my dear And gaze deep into my eyes And know your love is safe with me Built on a passion that never dies Take my arm in yours, my dear And have confidence in your stride And know…