The Occasional Other

Being Nice has its downfalls: I am probably the nicest person you will ever come across. I have friends and a few close friends but no one to call my best friend. I hide my emotions like they are covered in a mask. Simple right? No, it isn’t. It isn’t that easy what-so-ever. I get…

Monologue- Nightingale: Living the life of my shoes is impossible. My heart is like the Night Songstress, the Nightingale. The nocturnal song attracts my soulmate. I sit here and wait. I am still waiting for an answer but I know I may not receive it.   Singing at dawn, during the hour before sunrise.  …

Somehow I am always stabbed in the back by several people, but that ends! Some people continue to lie just so they can feel good about themselves. Just like everyone else, they are eliminated. I am in bittersweet exhaust. God knows when I will find a best friend worth my heart. Please, spare me the trauma. This…

The Realization: Sometimes, in our relentless efforts to find the person we love, we fail to recognize and appreciate the people who love us. We miss out on so many beautiful things and simply because we allow ourselves to be enslaved by our own selfish concerns. Go for the man of words for you will…

On the outside looking in: I can always sit in my room wondering how my life turns out this way. I see everyone around, so cheerful and so happy. I am like a black circle wondering when my life will end. I look around, everyone having what they asked for and what they desire. I…