Month: November 2023
“Selfies”

Dictates
I dislike the power that certain sets of circumstances leverage which pressures consciousness to process perceptions negatively.
(Ophelia – The Lumineers)
“Misty Morn”

(L.A. Nights – Mykel Mars, System B Remix)
Breaking The Chain
It’s one thing to agree on a decision together.
It is quite another to have one unwanted and disagreed with insisted upon.
And then, finally, to realize that maybe it is for the better that things ended after that long pause.
Because he wasn’t a good match for you anyway, girlfriend.
He would have been too entitled and inattentive – no matter how much you gave your all.
Distracted Gardeners
Some things should not be tended to as much, whereas other things are left without needed nourishment.
“Locks And Key”

Lady Madonna – The Beatles
See How They Run
A new phenomenon has been occurring.
After I have looked at a younger man while asking for help in a business or navigating through my classes, they soon seek out their partner, as if to show me that they are taken.
Cause and effect could be coincidence, yet they seem directed toward my acknowledgment.
Which seems to me hilarious because youth in my book is becoming overrated!
Perhaps it is my no b.s. attitude which makes them feel a bit prey to predator.
Or maybe this is the season where new couples connect more in public.
Not A Dime
But a diamond in the rough.
Movie Age Of Adeline: The Truth (Spoiler)
“I don’t know how [to stop running].”
“Conjuring”

(You Wreck Me – Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
Simple Luxuries
A double blended, half-caffeine Pink Drink (TM) and a double side order of Subway meatballs.
“Suspended Animation”

(Until I Found You – Stephen Sanchez)
Almost One
Does detailing only part of a car count for a day’s good efforts?
(Take My Hand – Lastlings, Original Mix)
Either/Or
I guess for now, these are the limits.
Although, when examined closely, “either” implies “one” or “the other” – whereas “or” could imply “something yet unseen and of even greater potential.”
Providence
It is a blessing to be able to sit in front of a flickering fire as the gas range blows heat upon my shivering toes and limbs, infusing warmth where the winter sun cannot even begin.
Physicality
I am beginning to wonder how much my physical injuries have always affected the confidence of my nature, causing me to be cautious.
Since I was born, I have been injured.
Pulled out backwards too hard and then not too long after, sent head-first into brake pedals.
These two incidents alone would set a mark on a child’s development.
Then, later ensuing invasions of mind, body, heart, and spirit before the age of ten…
No wonder it has felt like I have been in a war-torn nightmare version of life’s mimicry.
No wonder I have reached out to help others with potential who have been on the brink of falling, because I understand the pressures that work upon a person’s soul.
And it is difficult for me to have to curb this instinct for advocating.
Coiled into myself while sitting with legs propped for a moment before I extend limbs and will to shampoo three vehicles against limitations and warnimg twinges of my latest injuries, I cynically laugh at the dream I woke from this morning.
I had been coordinating with other healers to have a center with therapy rooms attached so that when I could resume, I would no longer feel so alone in providing.
The people I had asked had agreed about the desire to feel connected, yet as the dream faded, I realized that the way things are going, my return to that line of work is not possible within this next year’s planning.
Behind The Scenes Of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
“De-Light-Full”

See the middle-right leaf sprite opening its arms to joyously welcome in the sun?
(Together – For King And Country)
The Price Of “Belonging”
The fact that some people “reel others in” under the pretense of wanting close bomding – only to then push against the love they claimed to value in order to “fit in” with their society – is alarming and a huge part of the reason that our family units are fragmenting.
(Lyin’ Eyes – Eagles)
My Eyes Have Seen
This and that premise presented,
But not yet endurant congruency.
The Petition For Love
Turned out to be a farced request
As truth revealed injury in motive
As everything desired to overcome
Was embraced to blockade passion.
(Cheers – Rihanna)
Momma Dragon
There was always something gratifying about providing for her dragonlets and watching them happily feed.
(Under You – Foo Fighters)
“Solace”

“Into The Blue”

“Skyline”

“Fall’s Surrender”

“Poised”

(Send The Pain Below – CheVelle)
Liberation
We all have our own versions of freedom.
(15 Step – Radiohead)
On The Horizon
Music
Bachelors
Transformation
Running On Empty
It feels like I’ve got 2% of me
Left that is capable of thriving
If a partner added their own 2%,
Together this would be doubled –
Which in love’s realm multiplies,
Building on energy exponentially.
But until capability is met equally
I cannot afford further distractions.
Closure
One might not think that an end can be a new beginning, but when one heart has remained by subconscious default somehiw still waiting, it can be good to finally infuse awareness and know that it is time to close a once valued, open door.
“Autumnal Delineation”

“Autumnal Light”

“Un-A-Mused”

Decompression (Spoken Word)
November 22, 2023
By Athena Stairs
I’m usually never on time someplace; always running a few minutes late.
And if I’m early – check my temperature.
Something’s wrong with me for that day.
You know…
The concept of being on time is a bit laughable to me as we humans insisting upon societal interactive complexity outside the norms of compassion, and despite the variance and variations that can happen on any give day – for us to expect people to show up precisely at one time is baffling to me.
I mean, I get it.
If we don’t, how will we get things done in a timely, ordered fashion?
But, my life has never really supported me in this capacity.
Because really, we are the ones who determine whether or not we show up anywhere at a certain time – or so it would seem.
But, when you’re taking on other people’s needs and they’re more like a cat, or like wolves – which are more like cats and “otherlings” – other than you know a dog, like a Labrador Retriever that you can train to ultimate, responsive obedience…
When you are dealing with other beings that are highly independent – especially if that’s the climate you are cultivating in your family system (sigh) – being the one and only person with appreciation for order and progression is like managing just supreme anarchy.
And it’s not like it’s the same anarchy.
You’ve got what the cats are doing; you’ve got what the dogs are doing; you’ve got what the kids are doing; you’ve got what the husband with the disability is feeling – generally, overall, resistant to anything not of his own free thinking…
(laughter)
That’s my ex – kudos, shout out to you for your massively well-developed sense of self independence!
We can just edit that right out – but you know, you gotta admire it.
But as far as functionality and (laughter) cooperation – eh, most of that has fallen to me.
And as I’ve gotten worn down from being the one doing the constant labor; doing the constant reconfiguring as things fall apart…
You know, no one really bringing up the hide end/hind end or helping me pick up things as they’re falling…
Being the one visionary while holding the torch, and slashing and cutting at all things dark that have been attacking…
You know…I just really can’t afford to care as much as I do (clearly, in my mind) about being somewhere on time.
You know – especially when I’m injured.
I’m carrying around a world of pain; my brain is foggy and fragmenting, thinking about this or that thing that I’m trying to keep going; and in my preparing to leave the house, even, much of that isn’t even about me!
It’s about making sure that everything at home is managed so that when I leave, there’s a chance that things won’t fall apart at the seams.
So that by the time that I get to me – scrambling to make sure that I’ve got some kind of food; did I take my vitamins and pain medication…
What clothes do I even have out of the few, meager pickings?
Which one am I going to wear today that will be most efficient and cover all potentialities?
It’s exhausting!
And I need to catch up on my sleep, which does not come easy.
Weary Travelers
We have come far by putting one foot in front of the other, and strategizing against the odds.
Lock And Key
To cherish and understand another…and
To be understood and cherished, in return.
