I held back,
And you looked hurt.
Mixed signals.
I don’t know how this works…
I’m trying to respect your words,
Even when you don’t…
Do you realize that you flirt
With the line between
Hypocrisy and restraint? Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #50 – Mixed”
Tag: Jessie Gutierrez
The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #175 – Take Two
The rules are simple. Incorporate the following five words, or synonyms of them, in flash fiction or poetry.
Charcoal / Shade / Pale / Wake / Lucid
Here goes my second entry following the Tanka poetic structure.
Ace of Hearts
Hypnotic beats wake,
Emerald eyes captivate.
All becomes lucid –
Riveted by charcoal shades.
The fair draw of coming fate. Continue reading “The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #175 – Take Two”
The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #175 – Take One
The rules are simple. Incorporate the following five words, or synonyms of them, in flash fiction or poetry.
Charcoal / Shade / Pale / Wake / Lucid
Welcome back to the DMV, me. Feeling fairly immersed in the ramifications of the current government shutdown, I jotted this guy down sometime late last night. Hope you enjoy.
Nonet
It’s in the shade cast by yet-to-be
Built walls – the pale horse’s terror.
Fear of change, fear of the other
Lucid cries for neither.
Walls made of burnt bonds.
Left with charcoal.
Power will
Wake Up
Soon
Continue reading “The Secret Keeper’s Weekly Writing Challenge #175 – Take One”
Misplaced Missive #47 – ‘Now’
I know you know
You’ve broken a lot of hearts.
You
Never think ahead
From where it starts. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #47 – ‘Now’”
Misplaced Missive #42 – Healthy Outlets
dramatic.
Writing rages out in verse,
anger given a hidden outlet Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #42 – Healthy Outlets”
Moonlit Musing – Identity
Had a dream with you starring
Woke up mid scream
Won’t call it a nightmare
‘Cause it was still good to see you.
You never saw me
And won’t have the chance again
Not ’til a procrastinator’s later.
I can’t see me either
Not clearly
I’m a blur of
indistinguishable labels. Continue reading “Moonlit Musing – Identity”
Alec Benjamin and the Mixtape of Many Tragedies
– Narrated For You –
Do you know how disorienting it is to stumble upon meaningful pop? In an era of repetitive mass appeal, it’s like sudden vertigo. Every time it becomes instinctual to cast away popular new music as merely super-catchy, fleeting entertainment, an artist emerges that reveals my knee jerk assumption as baseless and premature. Here lies mellow beats and poignant lyrics inspiring nostalgia even with their first listen. This might be Alec Benjamin’s greatest talent: his ability to convey such relate-ability effortlessly. Each song is a story of his life, narrated for you, that could very well be about you. Continue reading “Alec Benjamin and the Mixtape of Many Tragedies”
Misplaced Missive #40 – Weakness
If you’re not strong enough, you’re better off giving up. Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #40 – Weakness”
Misplaced Missive #39 – Caricature
I’m numb
and I miss who I Was.
who I am is
Acting a part of a role,
I no longer remember.
a faded, flawed caricature Continue reading “Misplaced Missive #39 – Caricature”
Moonlit Musing – Entropy PT. II
Worth Saying
What do I have worth saying?
What is in me that is valuable enough
to put into the entropy?
Valuable enough to slow the decline,
Valuable enough to make the slide
Not so catastrophic
Not so all consuming. Continue reading “Moonlit Musing – Entropy PT. II”
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