Live for a Living Quotes

“I should have told You
before talking in terms of Forever
that any given day wears me out and works me sour,
that there are nights when the sky is so clear
I stand obnoxious underneath it
begging for the stars to shoot at me
just so I can feel at Home.”
― Buddy Wakefield, Live for a Living

“I am standing like shoe polish on an overstocked shelf hoping that one day someone will pick me to make things better.”
― Buddy Wakefield, Live for a Living

“Lord, let me write,
leave me autistic and typing
until my windows bust into a thousand silver doves
and I know the poem is done.”
― Buddy Wakefield, Live for a Living

“I’m no longer interested in watching you rise from the falls you keep taking in vain just for a reason to stand.”
― Buddy Wakefield, Live For A Living

“I keep forgetting to put focus on my to-do list.”
― Buddy Wakefield, Live For A Living

“Taking the time to write my way back Home, through any given space that might slip between me and Happiness, is my life’s work. And for a moody guy like me, there is much work to be done. But be a little leery of people like me in my current state.”
― Buddy Wakefield, Live For A Living