I don’t have a blog post for today, so I thought I would share what turned out to be a popular one from the same day last year. It seems like 5 minutes ago. Have a lovely day X https://athousandbitsofpaper.com/2021/12/06/touched-by-invisible-hands/
All that hurts also heals All that irritates, and feels horrible, brings scars to the surface and then buffs them smooth again, like sandpaper Slowly erasing But first it will hurt That’s just the way of it I’m sorry It is not my design But I live by this rule And find it works Given […]
“Tomorrow” is a key word in the language of addiction and remaining stuck “Tomorrow I will…” is self manipulation and lying. Tomorrow allows a slip of the collar that encircles what needs to be done right now Tomorrow is an ephemeral hopeful wistful flower we pluck and crush underfoot Tomorrow is the dream of the […]
One word begets two Two words beget a cluster And before we know it a concept is formed It all happens in our head With nothing being said Filters and blinkers Tunnel vision blindness We call it preference But it’s probably the bias of a thousand small decisions We aren’t even aware of making *I […]
I wish I could be empty Like a bucket Or a pot So you can pour your troubles into me Without me stopping to reach for a buffer My fingers suffer beneath the heat of your trauma I am too shallow to hold all your demons Instead they interfere with my own And there is […]
It’s Tuesday here, and hectic busy, but thankfully I already have the next two days of blog posts done and waiting for edits in drafts. I made a commitment, mostly to myself (because who else is going to be bothered?) to blog once a day from now on. When I made that commitment I had […]
Who were you two hundred years ago? Who will you be two hundred years from now? I eat my apple quietly enjoying the colours of the sky, the deepening evening silence I toss the core to the ants that circle beneath the tree After all they need to eat too They circle it greedily, and […]
Here within the parameters of me I walk Unable to transform into anyone different At least Overnight Here, with all the experiences which have brought me to who I am Despite discarding as often as I become aware Of self defeating habits and impulses Here, is where all that was has delivered me to Now […]
All that there is Letting it be Not forcing anything Difficult for a control freak like me I was thinking too much Writing in my head; it had become a wastepaper basket that crinkled with noise every time I turned it Then I came across this video And emptiness settled in It’s peaceful when we […]
Is it because you said it that I thought it Or was it already in my head? We seem to blend together And I’m not sure where you end I’m absorbent to your moods Though I really don’t want to be I’d rather be a feather, that drifts along the breeze Let the heat blow […]
