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karmachik commented on the post, puddle 1 year, 1 month ago
she left my heart
laying there
a puddle of yuck
and hurt and love
and sorrow and joy
and pain and beauty
all jumbled up into a
giant, messy, gross, disgusting
puddle.
how will i ever
clean up this mess? -
karmachik commented on the post, demonstration 1 year, 2 months ago
Tthe demonstration he was giving was so boring, it nearly put me to sleep. That is, until the handsome demonstrator looked right at me and gave a me a smile and a wink, and did a little call me sign. Hmm…maybe […]
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karmachik commented on the post, clue 1 year, 3 months ago
i haven’t got a clue
as to how this life
is supposed to play out
i do know
that i’m really tired, though
of trying to figure it out -
karmachik commented on the post, epic 1 year, 3 months ago
this journey has been epic
the paths we have traveled were
interesting, difficult, fun, adventurous
not always happy, we journeyed together
i’d hoped for a love affair just as epic
as our journey […] -
karmachik commented on the post, wagon 1 year, 3 months ago
I watched the little girl pull her wagon down the sidewalk
the summer sun blushing her cheeks and dancing in her eyes.
She stopped every few feet, bent over, and stared
then perhaps would pick something […] -
karmachik wrote about the word hoop 1 year, 3 months ago
dance little puppet dance jump little minion jump through the hoops everyone do what i say and perhaps i will give you the attention that you crave i do as she asks eager for my reward but instead she gives me more of the same and i realize that this clown mask has permanently stained [...]
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karmachik wrote about the word beehive 1 year, 3 months ago
she laughed a joyous laugh
her wrinkled skin
decorated in brilliant colors
the yellow-ish gold beehive
spun carefully about her tiny head
looked like a crown
she was the queen of her universe
how wonderfully
life must have treated her
i felt pride and envy
simultaneously
what a beautiful soul -
karmachik wrote about the word fences 1 year, 4 months ago
mending fences
broken fences
picket fences
jumping fences
pipe dreams
all of them
i’ll stick to the fences of
barbed-wire
i’ve constructed around
my heart -
karmachik wrote about the word below 1 year, 4 months ago
she put herself below me no matter how hard i tried to bring up next to me what i was who i am what i did was always too much for her constantly comparing herself feeling smaller and smaller so she fell farther and farther below me until the only way i could help her [...]
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karmachik wrote about the word accordion 1 year, 4 months ago
he played his accordion with passion pushing and pulling the large instrument easily as if he were guided by an other-worldly force to most he looked ridiculous cradling this monstrosity in his arms like a baby but the look on his face and the life that radiated in his eyes spoke of his need to [...]
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karmachik wrote about the word bench 1 year, 4 months ago
i sat on a bench in the park this afternoon tired, lifeless, sad children were running about playing, laughing, living the sweet smell of autumn drifted through the air and i remembered as i watched them now that i too was once like them i too and laughed and played i smiled with these memories [...]
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karmachik wrote about the word crisp 1 year, 4 months ago
the crisp winter winds
chill me to the bone
i used to detest this feeling
wanting to run from it
but now
there is a sort of comfort in it
i have accepted this chill
the changing of the seasons
after a lifetime of leaving
i embrace this chill
I am finally home -
karmachik wrote about the word sparkling 1 year, 4 months ago
the sun fell down around her
she was sparkling like diamonds
i couldn’t look away
didn’t want to
i needed to have her
feel her
touch her
it was love
it had to be
the way her beauty
captivated me -
karmachik wrote about the word savage 1 year, 4 months ago
the way he ripped her heart from her chest threw it to the ground and left her to wither and die was nothing short of savage but she wasn’t having any of it she knew she was stronger than that so she picked up her heart brushed it off gave it a kiss and put [...]
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karmachik wrote about the word lillies 1 year, 4 months ago
she picked the lillies
stuck them in her hair
and danced about
in the golden sunshine
the warm, fragrant air
circled her
intoxicated her
as she reveled in this place
in peace and love and freedom
she knew that this
was where her soul
had been living -
karmachik wrote about the word dozen 1 year, 4 months ago
there are a dozen reasons why
i shouldn’t fall in love with you
but do you think my heart really cares?
that’s why i can’t help it
i love you
and that’s the only reason that matters -
karmachik wrote about the word apron 1 year, 4 months ago
she wears her apron
blue and white checked
her uniform
the symbol of her wife-ly duties
she does what she has to do
wishing sometimes
to be rid of this piece of cloth
and of the responsibilities
it carries
she wishes she were free -
karmachik wrote about the word estate 1 year, 4 months ago
she managed her estate, down to the last detail, leaving nothing to chance. she didn’t want them to worry about anything when the time came, not that they were even aware of the fact that the end was near. her end would be shock enough for them all.
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karmachik wrote about the word bridge 1 year, 4 months ago
i’d like to build a bridge
between who i was
and who i am now
but some things
are better left
alone
it’s all just water
underneath -
karmachik wrote about the word desert 1 year, 4 months ago
my life feels like a desert
lonely
barren
dusty
brown
no friends
i stay in my house
my family
is my oasis - Load More