Josiah Akhtab's Blog, page 9

How To Establish Flow In Writing

Most writers have trouble establishing flow or rhythm because they tend to turn writing into a metric. In the writing word, most tend to focus entirely too much on hitting a certain word count rather than enmeshing themselves into the story. Investment into the story is what establishes rhythm and flow, and focusing on word […]

Go Get The Money

Go get the money(gotta pay those bills)Go get the money(the adult world is real)Go get the money(gotta take care of the kids)Go get the money(gotta keep food in the fridge)Go get the money(gas prices are high)Go get the money(rent is outta this world)Go get the money(economy is no joke)Go get the money(even though the world […]

A Lover’s Verse

Every day I see you firstBy my side for better or worseWouldn't trade you for the worldFor the world doesn't know your worthMuch like I do when I look into your eyesI see nothing but glowing starsin a clear night skyBeauty is in the eye of the beholderbut how can that be when I behold […]

Sing Like Aaliyah

Baby I miss you, wanna see you every day(Just hit my line whenever you're lonely)Just talking to you gives me strength throughout the day(I miss your warmth whenever you hold me)Stay on the phone when there's nothing else to say(Stay on the line 'cause baby you know me)I can't sustain the pain of you being […]

When Love Is Wild

When love is wildthe fires of passion cannot be extinguishedwhen love is wildnothing is too muchwhen love is wildromance becomes our entire worldwhen love is wildwe give more of ourselveswhen love is wildwe become extraordinarywhen love is wildnothing can tame the heartwhen love is wildlife becomes a work of art

My Travels Through Hell

The fires burned to the soulthe screams reeked of pain and sufferingexistence is most painful in the afterlifeas the afterlife is foreversouls being hung from stalactitesbodies being boiled in potsflesh being stripped from muscleand people being eaten alive by demonsthe devil's army reeking havoc upon sinnersthose who served him faithfully while livingtheir souls burning with […]

Some Type Of Way

Talking to my best friend after we broke up?That makes me feel some type of wayComplaining to my family about me?That makes me feel some type of wayComing to my job and causing a scene?That makes me feel some type of wayConstnatly trying to crush my dreams?That makes me feel some type of wayMaking me […]

Don’t Make A Sound

When I fell into the pondI didn't make a soundWhen I slipped in the iceI didn't make a soundWhen I fell off the treeI didn't make a soundWhen I burned myselfI didn't make a soundWhen the bullies picked on meI didn't make a soundWhen I fell off the swingI didn't make a soundwhen I broke […]

What Is Life But A Game?

We start one way and then we changeand others get mad we refuse to remainthe same as we were when we started this gamelife has one constant thing and that is changewe start one way and then we changelook at things from a different mind framefrom thug and lit to educated and lamebecause we chose […]

I Don’t Mind Being A Ghost

I spend all day being seen but not heardI don't mind being a ghostI spend all night with lost soulsI don't mind being a ghostI fly away in the day timetoward the land of dreams and fantasyI don't mind being a ghostI live more in my imaginationI don't mind being a ghostThe girls at school […]