Daily writing promptDo you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?View all responses I wrote a poem based on this quote just last week. Since the moment I heard this quote, it resonated with me. It's so incredibly true. So many people live their lives in a grey cloud. Getting... Continue Reading →
A little slice of heaven
My favorite time of day is when the sun decides to paint the sky. Water colors splashed across the horizon in the evening glow. An homage to the day. A final, glorious farewell before allowing the moon to take its place...
I wish more people would live life.
I wish more people would live life. There’s that quote by Oscar Wilde: “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”Those are some of the truest words I’ve ever heardWe often lose sight of ourselvesin this life We neglect the things that bring happinessDays filled with performing the... Continue Reading →
Bad Days
Some days I wake up and feel like I’m doing it all wrong. My brain spirals, a journeydown a drain of negative thoughts I beat myself up from the inside outblows flying thoughts clutteredThe life I was content with yesterdaysuddenly no longer good enough todayBurrowing into every minuscule detailpicking apart every aspect Negative thoughts like... Continue Reading →
Paths
There are days that I stare out my windowinto the pale blue of the skytrees dancing on the skylinewondering what the hell I'm doing...My mind digging up decisionsplaying on the screen of my mind like a slideshowquestioning my actions, drawing up different scenariosallowing myself to contemplate if these different endingswould change my pathPerhaps leading me... Continue Reading →
Time
Daily writing promptJot down the first thing that comes to your mind.View all responses Sitting here on my computer- I'm supposed to be writing my next short story. Seinfeld is playing softly in the background. My mind keeps drifting off to places unrelated to the task at hand which in turn spikes my anxiety. I... Continue Reading →
Loving yourself; a Liberating Experience
I promise you, loving yourself is one of the best things you'll do in this life time. There is something so free in living outside of validation from others. About loving yourself fully- for all of the good and for all of the bad. There is something so calming about falling in love with all... Continue Reading →
In the Moment
I get ahead of myself sometimes. Combing through my to do listrunning like credits on repeatthrough my brainPlanning for this, planning for thatalways moments aheadIn return, leavingthe Now a few momentsbehind...Before its timeLosing the opportunity to experience itKeeping it unfulfilledThe Now is probably angry at me sometimesfor failing to see its stunning existenceignoring its allureThe... Continue Reading →
Losing You
Daily writing promptDescribe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow.View all responses At the time cutting you from my life felt foreign, torturous. My heart bled. The pain in my chest was so loud. It bubbled up into my eyelids, falling freely in droplets of salt- the only way... Continue Reading →
K.J Stafford 