“I know we ‘know,’
But I didn’t know
I wish that we
Could clarify.”
“I know we ‘know,’
But I didn’t know
I wish that we
Could clarify.”
Day vs. Night
Sense of Him
How it affected
And influenced
Were differentiated
By degree intensity
Time for switching tracks again
About to hit more dead ends
Where am I going?
The world spins
Trying to find
Cognizance
Pounding on walls
Closing in
Constricting
Sense of freedom
Limiting belief
In reparations
Finding my way
Becomes limited
From miscalculated
Neurofeedback session
Attempting to help
Brain’s injury
Forcing tied mind
Into corners
Happenstance
Constricts play
“Making it to the brief haven of a larger handicap bathroom stall, I stop abruptly, trying to figure out why I cannot see/recognize/identify the toilet paper rolls.
It’s because the dispenser has been removed since the other day!!!”
“Blipping in and out of realities.”
Designs of structure
Simple plans of action
Need not be complex
To be most effective
“I must rest amid transitions to allow my pieces to catch up, rest, and reorient.
Translation: I am ever late to any destination.”
“I’ve seen enough of society to know that as far as material wealth and performance expectations, my positioning as viable for marriage on those levels is no longer market competitive.
When I rush, my hands falter and parts of my physical connections try to tear apart going different directions.
I did not deserve to have simplicities of my youth stripped from me.
Yet, I am not the first to fall.”
“I tried powdered gelatin in watered coffee, yesterday.
Can’t say that I liked it, but I got it down.
So this morning, I thought that adding it to hot tea could melt and assist it in dissipated distribution.
And at first, it seemed tasty,..
But then as I stirred and went to pull my tea bag out of the way, there was this extra, large clumpy lump.
So curious, I chewed on it.
No.
Nonononononononono.
It tasted like a hoof and bits stuck to my lips!”
Your hand is mine.
—
(Content of multiple meanings)
By Athena Stairs – November 5, 2025
Remember me
Do not fade
Though time has pulled you away again
Remember me
Do not fade
I’m here
You’re the reason I comprehend
Waiting
We’re always waiting
Debating
We’re always hesitating
Neither one to blame
Don’t let them own your flame
Someday you’ll cut that chain and we’ll reclaim home again
Struggle isn’t what you think
Just a trick in how you blink
A balance to be struck that claim’s your wings my friend
Remember
It’s our destiny to push beyond these boundaries
On sacred paths we’ve been tracing
Love’s grace will guide your heart to me
Keep walking straight by what you know
Emotions like waves have ebbs and flows
Remember
Do not fade
Know that you’re more than worthy
Remember
Do not fade
These fears are only worries
Remember
Do not fade, my love
Remember
Do not fade, you’ve won
Remember
Never fade for I walk beside you
—
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For little to bigger things
Playfully deep-hungering
Smiling through days and nights
Remembering with love’s candor
Some men will not
Take “no” for an
Answer
Yet,
Used to chasing
Some might experience sudden
Difficulty accepting “yes”
In their favor
How had the sun been gently
Yet brightly slant-glowing him
As if late morning but
When late afternoon?
How was that area then open
With time sharing rare view?
Now when she parked near it
People lounged in cars by her
Which seemed odd as she waited
For why were they there like her?
The place was always busy now and
If went closer pedestrians observed
As if they expected something
To happen from her presence
Everything had quick-shifted into
People always using the pathway
The doors seemed to have closed
Firmly barring his return entrance
“Do you still…?”
She sent out a low howl, testing as sounding, trying to figure out what had changed in her environment while scenting for where he could be – and if he needed her.
Going into the store and finding your expensive makeup has ‘blah blah’…
How about not even thinking about going into stores because you have no money.”
Making the poor pay for others’ crimes.
“I believe in your abilities to meet challenges and overcome them.”
“I keep my businesses small and practical.”
“Where if one wishes to blend back into society, one removes their personal truths from public view.
For we are not yet inclusively advanced as a collective – and there are those too quick to throw stones for knowledge’s abuse.”
“Why do I want a fresh-baked, plain yet crispy-edged, hint-of-buttery warm donut?”
By Athena Stairs, November 4, 2025
Return to me
Oh journeying soul
Of youthful and painful toiling
Let not more time
Pass beyond our acquisition
For we’ve worked earnestly to gain rewards
Why chase false leads
Down broken promise roads
When we’ve found love’s truths revealing?
Surely you and I
Have developed Wisdom’s Eye to
Differentiate Same from Different meaning
—
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By Athena Stairs – Updated November 1, 2025
Verse 1 Intro
I found this really cool guy
Who could look me in the eye
No matter a thing that I would say
But then I found out
He was still full of doubt
Tipped his hat and then left the same day
Chorus 1
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
It seems I’ve got a knack
Can’t get a guy to stay
I need this nut to crack
They never take it back
The meat is always rot and leaves a bitter sting
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
They never take it back
I need this nut to crack
The meat is always rot and leaves a bitter sting
Verse 2
What is it in a man that draws me to him?
Thinkin’ that he’ll stick but there’s no glue
Like chasin’ butterflys
There is no reason why
Dodge and weavin’ only leaves my heart a bruise
Chorus 2
And all I ever seem to find’s a runaway runaway
No matter what I do it’s all the same
(Bridge) Stars aligned but not entwined
I’d seize the day they go away
A trick of light changin’ the frame of mind!
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
It seems I can’t get a guy to stay
I need this nut to crack
They never take it back
All I ever do is find a runaway
Verse 3
There came a time I thought I’d made the grade
But Fickle Fate she had to add her’s too
Life can be unkind
No replay just hit unwind
Now runaway is something I do too
Chorus 3
All I ever seem to find’s a runaway runaway
No matter what I do it’s all the same
All I ever do is find a runaway a runaway
It seems I can’t get a guy to just stay
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
All I ever do is find a runaway runaway
All I ever do
They run away
—-
A class assignment challenge required me to sing my lyrics to a prerecorded, looped track, and so I went for it and embellished on the fly in one try. Surprisingly, I timed it exactly – not knowing how long the loop would go!
I also edited the recording in Logic with a little bit of “room” effect to add some polish.
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“‘It’s a new, bruise on Monday…'”
—
(Reference to Duran Duran’s “New Moon On Monday”)