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Damn straight

Believe in your gut;
you have it for a reason.
Are things so goddamn good that they’re
worth selling out your heart and soul?
It is all a lie, and you deserve better.

You have the Choice

To struggle ‘gainst the world,
Be yourself despite the strain;
To follow your own essence, true to your own name –
not hiding in the darkness transferring the blame.
Be alive – raise your Voice!

March

Things I learned this month:
I need to get stronger and
Villanelles are tough.

– The style for next month (tentatively) is Acrostic.

Lost in the rain

“A soul…
Tossed and turned on the maelstrom of the world…
Finds what peace it can
in the deep embrace of sleep and troubled dreams.”

– Something I wrote long ago on a bad, bad night.  Tonight is also a bad, bad night.  Strangely enough, it was raining that night too…