Nice*
I can’t stand how she’s just so nice to everyone. At first I thought I was special to her. She paid attention to me, was interested in what I had to say and spent time with me. But I slowly … Continue Reading
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J.W. Richmond
Coordinates
I just want to do what He designed me to do and follow Him. But I don’t know what that is (or if I even get to have that) and He seems to hide from … Continue Reading
Failure
This is why I don’t make goals. When I do – if I don’t do it exactly right, or it's incomplete, it means failure. It may not be that … Continue Reading
Beginnings
I once pushed myself to write a poem for every day of the year. Many were forced, obviously. Sometimes I had to write a few at once to make up for the days I wasn’t able to write. But I … Continue Reading
Stolen
I could only ever take gleanings from your reserve – clippings from the growth you threw away. You had it in excess and I was drowning. So I stole a piece of me from you. … Continue Reading
Monkeys*
The room seemed to be waiting too. Walls were painted, pictures of swinging monkeys were hung. Dresser, changing table and an empty crib – they waited. She stood in the doorway for what felt like hours, but it was probably … Continue Reading
Chased
The inflicted torment would ease, my restraints be released, if the shadows that stalk me would disappear – A clear purpose in place of fear as they blur in the cement and … Continue Reading
Mistakes
“I never make the same mistake twice.” – Anne Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery ‘I’ll never make the same mistake No, never, never, never’ – “The Wind,” Cat Stevens I wish I could say I never … Continue Reading
Plug
What do you do to plug yourself in – recharge? It is a (seemingly) simple, valid question that should have a simple answer. (Right?) I hate that question. The last time I was asked, I went … Continue Reading
Nikita
I think sometimes it takes fiction to speak the truth I need to hear. In a recent episode of Nikita* after being forced to confront her past, Nikita tells Michael, the man she loves, that she has evil inside … Continue Reading