Habits – FV

Joy isn’t a toy to be shared,
It’s a habit practiced daily,
Solitarily,
In private verily,
In public warily,
Don’t stand on ceremony.
Shown love doesn’t equal happiness only –
It’s matched with pain, jealousy, and suffering.
But happiness in one’s self?
Because of what’s inside
Drives given love
In a better direction.

Life in the little things.
Appreciation in the individual.

Jessie Gutierrez

Color Schemes – Not All That Glitters Is Gold – JG

 

Many like you strive
To have a heart of gold.
Weak and malleable,
But appealing to hold.

I’d prefer a heart of obsidian.
Honest about its blackest sin, Continue reading “Color Schemes – Not All That Glitters Is Gold – JG”