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My Thoughts are all erratic
I wander the plains of the earth
Seeking wonder in plain clothes
I seek the glory from the discouraged
I seek the pain of the ashamed
In the desolate ties of the mind
I seek the power of an open mind
Call me back like a bomb
Ready to ignite
Excite, engulf, engage
Like a bomb
Ready to ignite
Excite, engulf, engage...
I’ve always loved you. Even when you complained about your ex’s to me, even when you ugly cried on me, even when you choose anyone besides me. You were my first love, you meant everything to me yet you never saw me that way. I tried to look on the bright side and just hoped you would return these feelings but that was selfish of me and it hurt me yet I still stuck with you, through all of your bre...
**_Rayburn
_**Oswald, Penelope, Charles, and I sit at the low round table in the Burtrom living room, voices low and minds focused. Oswald is on my team, as always, with Penelope and Charles getting along with each other this once to try and beat the combined forces of our pair.
Penelope groans, tossing her cards messily on the table and crossing her arms together in a angry manner. “This is _u...
Too soon is the blue
A darkened shade, bleeding onto dry quills
A smooth surface growing rougher with age underneath my fingertips
Oh, how I lived for the hope of it all!
The life of light used to flicker through my eyes
Shining like a thousand stars before smashing into a meteor
Corrupting my innocence and influencing my thinking ways into a tumble of red
Such a pretty blue
Shining through the...
As I entered the ancient sanctuary, standing alone in the forest cloaked in darkness, my nerves began to calm. Ready as I could be for whatever might happen during the purifying ceremony and fully conscious of the fact that I could never go back to who I was before entering. I took a deep and powerful breath, steadied myself, and took the critical first step inside. Once through the threshold, I w...
Why is a moth annoying when butterflies get to be beautiful? Yes, butterflies have huge, graceful wings, but they also seem kind of dumb. They bumble around on the breeze when moths know exactly where they are going. We are going to the light.
Butterflies get all of the attention, too. I learned in second grade about the metamorphosis process and how a chrysalis works. Do moths get a chrysalis? N...