Announcement

There will be no Fiction Friday this month.  Everything I've written is utter crap, and I don't have time for rewrites now.  I procrastinated too long.  I'm expecting next month's story to be better.  Mostly because I'm working on getting my writing schedule down, and I WILL stick to it.

That is all.

Poetry Wednesday #39

Vellum

My body is a storybook

You can read if you know how.

Every line and scar and stretch mark

Tells the tale from then to now:

From birth to adolescence

Thru my teen years and beyond—

From my first step to my last kiss,

Every friendship and blood bond.

If you could see inside my insides

You'd find chapters written there.

The poetry of bones and blood

Flows through my skin and hair.

My flesh records the story

Of my life from age to age,

You can read it if you'd like

You just need to turn the page.

Poetry Wednesday #38

via Wikimedia Commons

Perspective

I saw the sunrise from the wrong angle

Sinking into my pillow as the birds heralded dawn

Now my day is all askew

Everything is new

Everything is new

Poetry Wednesday #37

Woman, 2 of many

She wrapped herself in other people's words,

Contorted to fit their expectations.

She was no creature with spine and bones,

And had no armor for protection.

Instead she constantly transformed,

Hoping to stay ahead of the criticisms

That inevitably found her.

She lost herself to the tangled mess

Of unreachable perfection.

Until the only honest thing she owned,

Buried deep within her belly,

Was a growing ball of fear and hate

Made from the anger that she swallowed.

It clanged around her insides while she ran.

Poetry Wednesday #36

I've decided to start asking for donations to support my writing, mostly because it's been 3 years since I got my Master's degree and I still haven't found a full time job.  I can't support myself, sad as that may be, and I would really prefer to spend my time writing rather than applying for jobs that I keep not getting.  To that end, I set up both a Patreon account for monthly donations and a PayPal account for one time donations.  Both are linked here and in the sidebar.  Thanks! ~Amber

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.  It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity." ~ Carl Jung

I suffer from depression and have a thing or two to say to those who tell me to "Think positively"

Positive thinking doesn't help

When you can't think positively,

It leaves you feeling oh so lost

And worries about what may be.

Positive thinking doesn't help

When your mind is one big knot,

Thoughts twist back upon themselves

And you accept your lot.

Positive thinking doesn't help

When the hope inside you dies,

And you look back at your once-dreams

And see them all as lies.

Positive thinking doesn't help

When all you feel is pain,

It just wounds you in your soul

When you hear that advice again.