I accept the day is light. I accept the dark is night. I accept wrong is not right. I accept right can feel tight. I accept tight can be good. I accept good is misunderstood. I accept good often hides in a could. I accept a could would be better a should. I accept my days are … Continue reading I Accept
Author: Lilly
Minimal is an Animal
Minimal is an animal something quite sustainable a bird which flies a pig in a sty Minimal is hospitable. Minimal is an animal something quite attainable remove your shirt bathe in the dirt Minimal is affable. Minimal is an animal something quite reasonable it takes what it needs does not over feed Minimal is admirable. … Continue reading Minimal is an Animal
The Girl Who Would Be Silence
Silence. It was what she sought out purposefully with all of the intention of a jackhammer breaking apart concrete. It was elusive, however, just like Santa or the Tooth Fairy. She could not remember when this quest for silence began. When she was ten she thought to take a vow of silence, but of course … Continue reading The Girl Who Would Be Silence
I’ve Conquered
I've conquered the dark and the grey in between the dark and the light and what is unseen. I've conquered the seen and all that I know the fears which seek to flourish and grow. I've conquered the heights and I've conquered the depths I've conquered love in all of its breadth. But when the day comes … Continue reading I’ve Conquered
Sometimes I Feel an Echo
via Daily Prompt: Echo Sometimes I hear an echo, only it is not quite a sound but rather a memory. Or perhaps a memory of a feeling. Like yesterday, when I saw him standing there and I felt a giddy sensation of possibility. The new and exciting feeling of “love” that I only remember feeling too … Continue reading Sometimes I Feel an Echo
Flannery O’Connor: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Flannery O’Connor lived only thirty-nine short years before dying from lupus in 1964, but in those thirty-nine years she left a legacy through her writing. Although she completed two novels, it was her short story collection that left an indelible mark on the literary world. One of her most noteworthy stories, "A Good Man is … Continue reading Flannery O’Connor: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Crashing Surf
We have played together underneath the sky so big, so wide. Underneath sunshine we have played in the surf, foamy delight, white surf. I take their little hands - one, two, and three - and we walk through waves. We are pushed and pulled and their laughter floats up to the seagulls. A song fills my head - … Continue reading Crashing Surf
Loyalty Then and Loyalty Now: Cordelia, Kent, and Snowden
Loyalty is a principle on which many relationships and institutions have been built since the beginning of time. In Shakespeare’s day, if a person was unlucky enough to have his or her loyalty questioned, it could result in their imprisonment, torture, and/or execution. Sometimes they were accused falsely and paid the price for the … Continue reading Loyalty Then and Loyalty Now: Cordelia, Kent, and Snowden
Deconstructing A Good Man is Hard to Find
There are multiple ways to experience life as there are multiple ways to experience literature. We each, individually, experience both in our own unique way, with our own ideologies guiding us, and looking through the lenses of our own subjectivity. This is deconstruction; it does not take the meaning away but multiplies it. Lois Tyson … Continue reading Deconstructing A Good Man is Hard to Find
Because People Change
What do you do when you’ve given fifteen years of your life to a man, given up your personal ambitions to give him three children and be a stay-at-home mom, only to discover over the phone that he is indeed ready to divorce so that he can pursue his relationship with the cute blond pharmaceutical … Continue reading Because People Change
