This is the part of the site that will be updated frequently. When I'm working on something new, I will post it here for a while before it moves on possibly to its own section. I will also link to new writing from the index, and hopefully I will be updating frequently. My goal is to get back into the habit of regular writing.
I'm currently working my way through the 12 week course outlined within The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.
I will add more news here as I have news to add.
Parallel Lives
I once thought
your life was interesting
night after night in a bar,
in the bottle,
in broken relationship,
in denial.
I once thought
at least you were never bored.
-night after night-
in a bar
smoke clinging to you like the lover
you meant to break up with last month
Didn't you tell her it was over?
Didn't you tell her not to come back?
You thought you did
but maybe the words got stuck
in the bottle
on the way down.
And so you sit
-night after night-
long, long, nights
yearning for anything,
to break the monotony
of the bar,
the bottle
broken relationships
and denial,
the only things
to keep you company:
classical music
and your typewriter
and words,
lots and lots of words.
Did you ever wake up
and think,
my God, the daffodils
are beautiful today?
Did you ever stop
to watch
a toddler spin
in circles,
or your five-year-old
draw a picture?
No?
You don't know what you're missing.
I'll let you know. :)