(All These Things, All These Melodies – Alexander Volosnikov)
Questions
Asking Asking Asking them’s
Only way to dig up answers!
Flush
“”I was helped today in getting my car insurance turned back on so I can function, then told that I could pay it back when I am ‘flush.’
Flush…
How am I going to attain anything near that spectrum, again?”
I Am Reminded
“Of specifics in how I made it through past versions of rough patches.
I did not want a refresher – yet more advanced course in this.
‘No Sir…don’t like it.'”
Not Much Rest
“For the weary, in my house.”
(Can I Call You – David Archuleta)
“CAW!”
(After All The Bars Are Closed – Thomas Rhett)
I Hate It
“Wearing the poverty cap.”
Tests Of Endurance
“Maybe it isn’t all a game, but…”
Maybe
“He got a ‘better’ offer…
He deserves ‘the best.'”
Laughter In The Dark
“I see younger couples carrying their toddlers for distance – and even a single mom with like a 6 year old as she carried a cumbersomly frontloaded baby carrier with a newborn in it.
My muscle synapsis scream as I phantom flex remembering how I, too, used to do such things.
And all I can think of while viewing these still-resourced wonders is, “Why aren’t you utilizing strollers and carts?”
Neurofeedback
“Well…apparently I had needed to cry a-lot, and its an indicator of love’s unrequited influence.”
Damage Control
“What is that again, exactly?:
(You’re In Love – Movie Howl’s Moving Castle)
Never Forgotten: Wanted
Dear Friend,
“I was able to show you my rare phoenix, but mostly I have to scrabble for sustenance in one of my other forms – and there’s a lot of concern, worry, and even fear for my survival involved.”
Short-Stopped
“You were made for this,” giving barely a kiss, the brief visiting younger guy said.
And she realized she had to end it with him.
She was made for a bonding man.
(Better With Me – Shadow Beloved)
Part Of Me
He saw her sitting in her car, immersed in a serious phone video call.
What did he think of her when he saw her like this in reality.
Was there respect and admiration, or did he decide he was barking up the wrong tree?
—
(Title of multiple meanings)
I Am
“Liking these curls, though!”
For A Moment
“I can stand straight – because I fight hard every day to regain such brief moments.”
Getting Cozy
“Hello, Crone…
At least I beat you back for thirteen years.
Although it’s clear you haven’t fought fair.
What the fu** do you want from me?!
And those hype-rs applauding ” Ooh, make friends with your inner crone!” can just keep walkung past me.
There you go, now – just keep. On. Walkin’…”
You Know
“It’s kind of shitty having disability.
I already knew this from caring for others outside of it.
But gee, look – now I get to have the same prize!”
A Woman’s Reality
“I need to be provided for.
Not just want, now – but need.
Where’s pride and safety come in?”
Tired Thematics
Unrequieted love
Injuries twisting pain
Financial instability
More Financial Battles?
“No…just fecking no.”
Nope
“No school work today, and no rest tomorrow as bills and services cancel.
There is no easy way through.
No wonder I just want to stop and not try anymore.”
Out Of Gas
Literally.
Part Of You (Teardrop – Elderbrook & Jan BlomqvistVideo)
(Together – SIDEPIECE)
Second Chances
She’d seen him walking toward her, and then later walking away.
Would he return – or was that his only advancement?
(Silent Wave – Vibfy, Best Tracks of August, Lost Underground)
When Walls Crumble
“She couldn’t care anymore about others’ opinions.
She needed the man inside his body.”
(Lost Elevation – Vibfy)
Screaming At Source
“WHY’D YOU BRING ME BACK TO LIFE IF I’M TO ALWAYS BE ALONE!!!!”
(King City – Jordan Majid)
Full Body Muscle Spasms
“I could help my body recover, if I were the therapist on the outside, rather than stuck within it.”
(Say You Love Me – Jessie Ware)
Reclaiming Eden
“Are you sure it’s me you want?
‘Cause I’m gonna need your help believing it.”
“ReUnion”
“Twin Flames”
“Get In Line”
(Winter Song – Oceanique)
Keep Living
The Kiss
In The Milieu
“I can create space.
I must allow myself to say no to everything trying to erase me.”
(Levitate – Sleep Token)
The Ripple Effect
“I must be losing weight because as I lean forward typing on my phone with arms resting on upper thighs, shadows cast from an overhead light show in extreme relief the myofascial damage done by the car accident to tissues on the inside of my upper arms and across my biceps.
I’ve got to try slide-cupping this, again”
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