Robert C. Day's Blog, page 33

Traps

I’m not as messed up as you think I am
I’m not as together as youthink I am
I’m not as confused as you think I am
I’m not as forever as you think I am.

Layers in the layers.

You’re not as sweet as I think you are
You’re not as bitter as I think you are
You’re not as loud as I think you are
You’re not as silent as I think you are.

Lairs in the layers.

We’re not as understanding as we think we are
We’re not as callous as we think we are
We’re not as …yeah, whatever, whatever …
We’re just not....

Disappointment

I have a deep rooted fear of disappointing people. Can anyone reading this suggest to me ways of overcoming this, please?

The reason that I ask is that I am disappointing people left right and centre at the moment and this is leaving me very unhappy.

I can see three broad options:

Remain true to me and hence continue to disappoint people Remove myself from situations where I am a disappointment Change myself so that I am what other people want me to be.

None of them seems to offer much in t...

Smiles for You

Smiles for you – that’s all.

To Hide

To hide from sorrow like a mouse,
The senseless death of jolly dogs.
At least he left her with the house,
To skulk and hide with turning cogs.

The senseless death of jolly dogs.
The shrinking of her love for you.
To skulk and hide with turning cogs,
A burning ache for something new

The shrinking of her love for you.
The push away. Her heart grew still.
A burning ache for something new.
He gave enough. She’d had her fill.

The push away. Her heart grew still,
To hide from sorrow like a mouse.
...

Lip

I like the line of your lip.

Good Things

Ten things that made me smile today:

When I typed the title to this post, it came out originally as Good Thongs. I was tempted to leave it that way. My boots didn’t leak when I went out in the rain with them on. There was a knock on the door earlier and it was the neighbour’s daughter – Aurora. She popped over to say hello. She is five. She gave me 3 of her TicTacs(strawberry flavour). There was another knock on the door a few hours later. It was Aurora’s dad. He brought me pizza – fresh fr...

Overwhelmed

Gate up
Charge
Legs pound
Nostrils wide
Muscles Strain.

He stands
Unconcerned
Head down
Maddened eyes
Dust rises.

Heart booms
Wild drum
People cheer
Near him
Closest now.

Braced neck
For weight
But nothing
A sting
Insect bite.

Wheel
Turn back
See him
Charge
Stung!

Again
Sweat in eyes
Sweated flank
Strange languour
Stretched time.

Snort
Shake head
Heavy
Hurl forward
Missed.

Slower turn
Heart racing
Heaving chest
He nears
Pricked.

Dances
Stings
Too light
Stumble
Fall.

No!
Stand
Fierce glare
Na...

Layers

(continued from Tear)

Chad loved the girl beside him. As he raced the vehicle through the streets away from the strange orange glow in the sky behind them he glanced briefly at her face. She was staring at him in a way that indicated that she loved him too and his heart bumped a little. At least, it seemed like a bump. Or maybe indigestion. Or maybe … He clutched his chest. A pain. A twist. A … What was that?

Darktlhated the world. He was black and twisted. Bitterness churned and pulled insi...

Good Editing

I found this to bea very useful set of points to use when editing. I hope you find it to bebeneficial too.

Shorten long sentences. Long sentences will tax your reader. Keep to an average of 15-20 words and make sure no sentence is longer than 30 words. Cut (most) adjectives. Empty, over-used adjectives leave readers cold or make them ask “as opposed to what?” So cut them. And if you really must use one, make it interesting. Switch from passive to active verbs. If a sentence feels distant, ol...

Long Meeting Doodle