Yearning to go, compelled to stay

What would it matter if I go away? Most people don’t know I’m here anyway. There’s comfort in staying. And then there’s boredom. There’s fear in leaving. And then there’s freedom. There’s stability in staying. And then you stand still. There’s chaos in leaving. Then there’s the thrill. There’s familiarity in staying. Then it’s annoying. […]

Bagel life

Have you ever thought about which side of the bagel you prefer?  Assuming, of course, that you like, or have ever eaten a bagel. Also assuming, that the bagel is sliced horizontally, and not vertically.  I’m not sure why one would slice a bagel vertically, it would drastically reduce the spreadable surface which people use […]

Pity free (free pity?)

The great lie of modern media, from news, to marketing, to entertainment, is to convince us that everything is causing us to suffer.  In fact, very few of us actually are suffering.  But the illusion has us believing that at every perception of inconvenience, or pain, requires a massive cry for help.  The actual need […]

Eron’s Station

At the end of the line, a product was inspected, its quality assessed, and when deemed suitable, it was boxed up  and transported, wherever it was needed. Eron didn’t concern himself with the quality of the final item. There were others that worked in the plant, that produced the product, that was transported, wherever it […]

Eron’s Chore

Eron shot through the rippling water. He kicked and propelled himself downward. The sun above beaming thinning tendril rays towards him through the water as he dove towards the floor. The pressure built in his ears and nostrils, the air in his lungs seeming to gain weight as he approached the blue sand.  As he […]

Levee

When “it’s” right, whatever that may be for you, The passion for it will churn inside of you like a raging whirlpool, It will foam and push itself from the jagged rocks, It will thunder down the banks, over boulders and down river, It will explode and surge from you over a great precipice, It […]

Gift hope

The precious item is purchased with money procured by our sacrifice of time.   It’s a gift, because we gave of ourselves, to give it to another.   We secure it with padding, and cushion it with smiles, hoping to get one back.   Then we place it into a container with a squared, wrap-able […]