1 Million Faces

All the days are gray

and i continue to neglect

this life I’ve been given.

I can’t keep pretending.

My confidence is slipping

away.

They can see through me

and i am so bare.

So false and not what

they thought I was.

1 million unhappy faces came to me last night

stood by my bedside and

whispered what I already knew.

Through the written air,

I was a fool among fools.

The Art Of Exhaling

Torn paper became the spoons in the kitchen

Olivia the fish splashed through your hair

You set them free

Immersed them in the kitchen sink

Among soap suds and bread knifes

Torn paper became your chocolate birthday cake

Orange peels and paper plates!

Left town the very next day

Be carful of your eyes as they grow dry

Watching Olivia

Olivia this is your twin

A hundred red helmets have set you apart

Live your life as if pigs pirouetted

And told bedtime stores to their children

Bring in the trash cans from 2 days prior

It was curtains closed

Torn paper became curtains closed

In your kitchen windows

In your looming office

In the ways you were feeling

Blue eyes

Closed tight

Held up the sky

Britain this decade was infancy

Light was the stan of your skin

You Olivia, child of a white mother

Thought you’d turn coal black

Still weren't the flashlights enough to light your path?

The walls in this house fell wile I was sleeping

And in my dreams they were a choir singing.

A Story of Shadows

You are like me but lesser.
Caged. Crying. Whispering
to the good witch
in robes like tar,
searing the skin.
You move over ground
that will hold you.
Are you absence when light is extinguished?
Are you what makes the Nightingale blind?

The Blue Bloods

All the silk stockings on 2nd st.
the beautiful people, the blue bloods.
Away from the common herd, the unwashed,
the man in the coal mine.
Away from the world, she sat with lilly white innocence
and curled brown hair.

My Life According to Patty Griffen

Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to at least 15 people and include me. You can't use the band I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (artist)"


Pick Your Artist:
Patty Griffen

Are you male or female?
Mother Of God

Describe Yourself:
Burgundy Shoes

How do you feel:
Heavenly Day

Describe where you currently live:
Someone Else's Tomorrow

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
10 Million Miles

Your favorite form of transportation:
Stolen Car

Your best friend is:
Not Alone

What is life to you:
Long Ride Home

Your fear:
Useless Desires

What is the best advice you have to give:
One Big Love

How I would like to die:
Nobody's Crying

My Motto:
I Don't Ever Give Up

A Colorful Scene.

Where was it I was going to?

This was my home, back when I was small.

I Love...

i love art

it keeps me sane

when nothing else can

it lets me sleep at night

and i feel less alone.