You said you hated the numbness, The apathy, the cold. You wanted the joy of sun on your face, The laughter, the warmth. This is the price you pay. You choke on your words as you say them, The terror, the tears. You said you wanted your feelings back, So take them, take them all.… Continue reading Black Wednesday
I used to stand with one foot in the past; The future was too far to reach. The other foot dipped in the present; Uncertain at the edge of the beach. Now I stand here in the present, both feet firmly on the sand. The past roars behind me, an ocean of memories close… Continue reading Building My Castle
Feeling normal. Being normal. School run, washing clothes, swimming lessons, food. Normal life just rolling on But everything is wrong. Feeling normal. Being normal. Sleeping badly, crazy dreams, anxious, frightened, tired. Normal life just rolling on But everything is wrong. Finding normal. Adapting normal. New routines, exercises, good days, bad days, change. Normal life just… Continue reading Normal
Those of you who also read Liberty’s blog will have recently seen her post about the amusing writing exercise we and several members of Liberty’s family set ourselves. It was all inspired by one of Liberty’s siblings confessing that she was writing a bit of a saucy novel – somehow this turned into each of… Continue reading Smut Party: Research Shuttle 569
Last night was February’s meeting of our local Writer’s Club, and our homework this time was to write something inspired by a selection of Rory’s Story Cubes that we (virtually) rolled on Liberty’s phone. The dice rolled looked like this: And the challenge was to use at least three of them in our piece of… Continue reading MDWC – February 2016
This week, Liberty and I decided to return to our local Writer’s Club after a very extended break. (With the exception of the Christmas meals, we turned up for those 😉) I haven’t done any writing outside of this blog for probably well over a year now and I decided I’d like to try getting… Continue reading MDWC – January 2016
When was the last time you wrote a letter? Not an email or a text update, an actual pen-on-paper letter? I realised a couple of weeks ago that, thank you letters from the Smalls aside, I hadn’t written a letter in ages. And that made me sad. I have mountains of pretty stationery – pens,… Continue reading Putting Pen To Paper
