unspoken

July 20th, 2009 by laura

this isn’t a secret. I merely failed to mention it. I meant to tell you. I mean to tell you. there’s only a dozen reasons keeping me silent. they cause my throat to swell, my tongue to clasp the roof of my mouth, and my lips to clamp. during our pauses in conversation, my glottis [...]

breathe.

July 15th, 2009 by mary

play me a song.
sing it to me.
tell me what it means to you.
write me a letter.
read it to me.
fill it with words that paint pictures.
tell me a story.
enact every part.
scream and cry and laugh as though you were the very character you portray.
love me. sit with me. share with me.
relax. smile. breathe.
this is life.
this is [...]