How am I supposedTo take care ofMy daily chores There’s a Bottomless abyss Right here in myLiving room My dearYou always wantedTo go to space Well Space is nothing but aBlack bottomless void Not just under your feetBut everywhere
DANCE
I’m a mothBurning my candleAt both ends So whatI’m gonna burn fasterThis way Feels so good to DANCE Between the two fires *** Photo by Joshua Newton on Unsplash
Choose to grow up
Do I prefer to grow up and relate to life directly, or do I choose to live and die in fear? –Pema Chodrön, The Places That Scare You
Follow your bliss
“Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.” — Joseph Campbell
I like it
Hold me tight
Wrap me in a blanket
Made of cloud and stars
Our entire planet
Seems to have
A fever
Hug me as the sky
Is juggling
Fiery bullets
I like it when
The world ends
It just exhausts me much
What else has to happen before you follow your dreams?
I have an app in my phone that pings me several times a day to remind me about death. It’s called WeCroak, and our CEO recommended it on our annual company gathering. When first I installed this app, every time I got the reminder I would pause whatever I was doing, even if it was […]
Sometimes
Sometimes there’s no one to talk to.You must just set out on your own. Rumi Jalal al-Din
Somewhere else
You picked
A butterfly
Apart
Ran a hundred tests
Under the best
Microscopes
Rolled it round
A few times
In centrifuges
And now you’re telling me
You figured
What life is all about
Mate
This thing
You’re studying here
Is dead
Already
Life
Is entirely
Somewhere else
Suddenly galaxies
I like your poems you said
But why there’s always some
Suddenly galaxies
Isn’t life enough
To write about
Well
You know
That’s life for me
We’re trying to
Eat lunch together
And then there’s some
Suddenly galaxies
And then I don’t know
Who I am
Or what’s going on
Anymore
What you don’t say is often as important as what you do
I thought writing for kids would get easier with time. Every time I sit down to a new article, it’s still extremely hard. If you’re not sure how well you understand an idea, try explaining it in 10-12 simple sentences, only using words an average 7yo will understand, and without too much passive voice. 1000 […]