Indifference is the the act of reaching in and pulling out your heart to avoid feeling pain – It’s widely accepted as good social etiquette by a society of automatons who may as well fork their tongues – Donning blinders refusing to see anything other than what you want to see In the office At the market Driving through quiet streets – Push Push Self Self – nothing else exists – A quick way to a cold heart that can…
I take no pride in being white this is merely the skin that my soul landed in – the fact that you make such a big fuss about the color of yours makes me think that you don’t think enough about your soul – unbound beautiful absolutely unique with an important contribution to the benefit of us all your soul yearns for connection – just be wary of the lies shouted by the darkness that there’s safety in numbers of…
There are no maps out here in the wild blue – just oceans of screens and their masters – interfacing in private in public – drooling like meth addicts – indifferent to the pressure – to be normal like generations past – with their rulebooks and antiquated etiquette – ignorant to the blurred line between real life and netiquette – searching for answers on devices they condemn – contradicting themselves in an attempt to understand – just not as well…
Each of us is born with a beast inside a tiny creature with its eyes glued shut that lives in our hearts where it puts down roots and plays hopscotch between ventricles. – We name it Passion and are told that it can be tamed so we spend our lives teaching it to sit and stay absolutely still until we order it to break. – But some of us are born with recalcitrant beasts that we attempt to muzzle and…
Sure I trust her Indeed I do It’s the boy I question Making up worst case scenarios so that I’ll be ready – He pulls in the driveway gets out of his car smiling and approaches swallowing hard He sticks out his hand I look down then finally take it slowly lifting my eyes back to meet his applying just enough pressure so that he knows damn well what this girl means to me – “Have her back by nine”…
excitement builds like the dropping of the ball on new year’s eve except the ball is much brighter and times square stretches across the continent – gentlemen in power ties break from their power offices to don cheap sunglasses and stare at the heavens “It’s only a small break” they say – then the rock begins to pass in front of the star and night comes in daytime with cheering and car horns and fireworks as adults return to their childhood and…
