Miracle Grow
searching / not finding / useful ways / without useless gains / to grow / this spring / to grow / my wings / to find the home / I so long for
searching / not finding / useful ways / without useless gains / to grow / this spring / to grow / my wings / to find the home / I so long for
a beautiful mind / a seasick mind / the peaks too high / the troughs too low / today the storm rages on / once more
perception is a locked room / with curtains closed / a clear light bulb in the corner / broken / I kick the door / no more walls / to stop this madness / no more walls / to stop these words / I am breaking out / going global / I am breaking free / today
“Dear God, please help him cry one last time. Make him see clearly the errors of his ways, then nudge him onto the path of recovery and grace”
– prayer for the fallen
1. I should have …
2. I shouldn’t have …
3. I ought to …
4. I can’t …
5. I wish I’d …
6. I guess I have to …
7. If only I’d …
8. Yes but …
9. I could never …
10. I’m not (good enough/ smart enough/ talented enough/ lucky enough …)
Also really handy as writing prompts…
“Sometimes the only thing he could do was to consume large quantities of mead and then retreat to the shower room. He would stand in the dark, contemplating the woes of life until the hot water turned cold”
– from The Man Who Couldn’t Think, a series of short stories containing words, sentences and paragraphs. The printed version contains some empty pages. There are no pictures.
“Life is too deep for words. So don’t try to describe it. Just live it.”
— C.S. Lewis
But if we did not try and describe it there would be no poetry!
These were the end of days
These were the times of silence
After the clocks stopped ticking
Before the earth stopped spinning
These were the end of days
These were the times of solace
After the sun stopped rising
Before the everlasting darkness
fell